#selves

As a rule, all heroism is due to a lack of reflection, and thus it is necessary to maintain a mass of imbeciles. If they once understand themselves the ruling men will be lost. ↗

— Ernest Renan

#heroism #imbeciles #lack #lost #maintain

If we were left to ourselves, unfettered by legislative enactments, we should gradually withdraw our capital from the cultivation of such lands, and import the produce which is at present raised upon them. ↗

— David Ricardo

#cultivation #gradually #import #lands #left

I think they saw me as something like a deliverer, a way out. My means of expression, my music, was a way in which a lot of people wished they could express themselves and couldn't. ↗

— Little Richard

#express #expression #i #i think #like

There are men who think themselves too wise to be religious. ↗

— Samuel Richardson

#religious #themselves #think #too #who

What is it about actors? God knows I get bored with actors talking about themselves. ↗

— Alan Rickman

#bored #get #god #i #knows

If faith in ourselves had been more extensively taught and practiced, I am sure a very large portion of the evils and miseries that we have would have vanished. ↗

— Swami Vivekananda

#been #evils #extensively #faith #had

I was afraid the other musicians might want to present themselves too much, though I see in the coverage I've received of the album that the musicians got wonderful reviews for their contributions and abilities. I think the four musicians played freely within my limits. ↗

— Eberhard Weber

#album #contributions #coverage #four #freely

We need to ask ourselves what are we here for and what have we worked so hard to be here for. ↗

— Jonny Wilkinson

#hard #here #need #ourselves #worked

Cynics regarded everybody as equally corrupt... Idealists regarded everybody as equally corrupt, except themselves. ↗

— Robert Anton Wilson

#cynics #equally #everybody #except #idealists

At the end of the spectrum when you get to that 12th step, when you have that spiritual awakening we make ourselves available to help other people. ↗

— Daniel Baldwin

#awakening #end #get #help #make