#selves

We must make the choices that enable us to fulfill the deepest capacities of our real selves. ↗

— Thomas Merton

#choices #deepest #enable #fulfill #make

All desirable things... are desirable either for the pleasure inherent in themselves, or as a means to the promotion of pleasure and the prevention of pain. ↗

— John Stuart Mill

#either #inherent #means #pain #pleasure

The reason why parents mistreat their children has less to do with character and temperament than with the fact that they were mistreated themselves and were not permitted to defend themselves. ↗

— Alice Miller

#children #defend #fact #less #mistreat

What is the most innocent place in any country? Is it not the insane asylum? These people drift through life truly innocent, unable to see into themselves at all. ↗

— Arthur Miller

#asylum #country #drift #innocent #insane

Just put down 9/11... I think, on most things I'm liberal, except on defending ourselves and keeping half the money. Those things I'm kind of conservative on. ↗

— Dennis Miller

#defending #down #except #half #i

Why are we so full of restraint? Why do we not give in all directions? Is it fear of losing ourselves? Until we do lose ourselves there is no hope of finding ourselves. ↗

— Henry Miller

#fear #finding #full #give #hope

Our job as the game creators or developers - the programmers, artists, and whatnot - is that we have to kind of put ourselves in the user's shoes. We try to see what they're seeing, and then make it, and support what we think they might think. ↗

— Shigeru Miyamoto

#creators #developers #game #job #kind

God help those who do not help themselves. ↗

— Wilson Mizner

#god help #help #themselves #those #who

I don't like people to feel completely described by the clothes they wear of mine. I want them to feel that they're describing themselves. ↗

— Isaac Mizrahi

#completely #described #describing #feel #i

For example, Michael Mann's film Collateral - there is certain kinds of stories that lend themselves to digital photography. Some things are very raw stories that digital photography kind of lends itself to. ↗

— Matthew Modine

#certain kinds #collateral #digital #example #film