He said that love
He said that love was an emotion contra natura that condemned two strangers to a base and unhealthy dependence, and the more intense it was, the more ephemeral. Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Dependence
Try to understand what
Try to understand what I am saying: everything is dependent on everything else, everything is connected, nothing is separate. Therefore everything is going in the only way it can go. If people were different everything would be different. They are what they are, so everything is as it is. G. I. Gurdjieff
Financial dependence on the
Financial dependence on the state is the foundation of modern serfdom. G. Edward Griffin
The amount of U.S.
The amount of U.S. debt held by countries such as China and Japan is at a historic high, with foreign investors holding half of America’s publicly held debt. This dependence raises the specter that other nations will be able to influence our policies in ways antithetical to American interests. Evan Bayh
Weakness indicates dependence, and
Weakness indicates dependence, and there is a degree of trust and tenderness also in it. Eugene Sue
A colour is a
A colour is a physical object as soon as we consider its dependence, for instance, upon its luminous source, upon other colours, upon temperatures, upon spaces, and so forth. Ernst Mach
If you are thinking
If you are thinking of nything with dependence upon it, there is a motive of curiosity, or pleasure, or success, and though the thinking will help towards satisfaction you will still be in bondage. There is no harm in this, but the higher samadhi, without such motives, is best. Ernest Wood
To acknowledge, to accept,
To acknowledge, to accept, and to forgive one’s parents – both what they gave and what they did not give, both one’s dependence upon them and one’s independence of them – is the ultimate hallmark of maturity: a perception as valid for institutions as for individuals. Ernest Kurtz
If we learn to
If we learn to accept our imperfections with humor, as the reflection of our very humanity, we will experience humility and tolerance, we will understand that we are already filled with forgiveness, we will see the gift of our lives, the chains will fall away, and we will be free — free not so much … Read more
The real haves are
The real haves are they who can acquire freedom, self-confidence, and even riches without depriving others of them. They acquire all of these by developing and applying their potentialities. On the other hand, the real have nots are they who cannot have aught except by depriving others of it. They can feel free only by … Read more