Unhappiness is the ultimate form of self-indulgence.
Tom Robbins
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TOM ROBBINS It is more important to be free than to be happy.
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TOM ROBBINS Imagination without study is the self-indulgence of the intellect.
DAVID LINDSAY Self-denial is indulgence of a propensity to forego.
AMBROSE BIERCE Self-denial is indulgence of a propensity to forego
AMBROSE BIERCE In some ways, risk-taking is the ultimate act of self-indulgence, an obscene insult to the preciousn...
SEBASTIAN JUNGER Simplicity is the ultimate form of sophistication
LEONARDO DA VINCI Diversity is the ultimate form of freedom!
JOSEPH D. SMITH Caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation, and that is an act of political w...
AUDRE LORDE Any form of over-indulgence creates within the body warning signs of destruction.
MOTHER ANGELICA Remember that there is always a limit to self-indulgence, but none to self-restraint.
MAHATMA GANDHI Remember that there is always a limit to self-indulgence, but none to self-restraint.
MAHATMA GANDHI The self-indulgent man craves for all pleasant things... and is led by his appetite to choose these ...
ARISTOTLE Self-denial in the pursuit of purpose generates true pleasure while self-indulgence in the pursuit o...
ORRIN WOODWARD Too many of us now tend to worship self indulgence and consumption.
JIMMY CARTER Short of homicide, [rape] is the "ultimate violation of self."
BYRON WHITE Short of homicide, [rape] is the "ultimate violation of self."
BYRON R. WHITE There are limits to self-indulgence, none to restraint.
MAHATMA GANDHI "What should always matter is the worth of self."
~Tom Baker
TOM BAKER AKA THE PONDERING MAN Modesty is an excuse for sloppiness, laziness, self-indulgence; small ambitions evoke small efforts
STEPHEN VIZINCZEY The ultimate form of forgiveness is in comprehending there’s nothing to forgive.
ROY BENNETT The ultimate mystery is one's own self.
SAMMY DAVIS, JR. Fear is the ultimate self imposed illusion.
JEFFREY BENJAMIN The ultimate mystery is one's own self.
SAMMY DAVIS JR. When work is viewed only as a source of economic gain the centrality of work becomes self-indulgence...
SUNDAY ADELAJA Anything that feels good couldn't possibly be bad.
ANGELINA JOLIE The rarest offerings of the purest loves are but a self-indulgence, and no generosity at all.
THOMAS HARDY Self-centered indulgence, pride and a lack of shame over sin are now emblems of the American lifesty...
BILLY GRAHAM Alas, impatience is but another form of unhappiness. It is true, it is true. I have never met a happ...
RICHELLE E. GOODRICH An act of redemption, the ultimate act of personal grace, is an undervalued form of courage.
KILROY J. OLDSTER The ultimate mystery is one's own self.
SAMMY DAVIS, JR. Wishful thinking is not idealism. It is self-indulgence at best and self-exaltation at worst. In eit...
THOMAS SOWELL Celibacy is the worst form of self-abuse.
PETER DE VRIES You have treasured your MIND more than your 'SELF' and that's the primary source of unhappiness!
RAMANA PEMMARAJU In a world of self indulgence your attitude is going to be your biggest obstacle because you're only...
OSCAR AULIQ-ICE As an independent artist, you control the means of production, which is the ultimate form of empower...
K. FLAY To overcome the fear of solitude is to begin the ultimate journey of self discovery
DANIEL ROBERT O'NEILL Everything one has a right to do is not best to be done." Benjamin Franklin
BARBARA W. TUCHMAN For a justice of this ultimate tribunal, the opportunity for self-discovery and the occasion for sel...
ABE FORTAS Dissipation is a form of self-sacrifice.
ERIC HOFFER Lying is the most simple form of self-defence.
SUSAN SONTAG To understand one's self is the classic form of consolation; to delude one's self is the romantic.
GEORGE SANTAYANA To understand one's self is the classic form of consolation; to delude one's self is the romantic
GEORGE SANTAYANA Life is beautiful indeed! Unless you are happy you wouldn't enjoy the beauty of life. Self contentme...
CHANDRABABU V.S. It would follow that 'significant form' was form behind which we catch a sense of ultimate reality.
CLIVE BELL The concert is a polite form of self induced torture.
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ERMA BOMBECK All his [Laurent's] great powerful body wanted was to do nothing, to wallow in never-ending idleness...
ÉMILE ZOLA To use good things to our own ends is always a false religion
RICHARD J. FOSTER I would not have traded the delights of my suffering for anything in the world.
GABRIEL GARCíA MáRQUEZ Criticism is an indirect form of self-boasting.
EMMET FOX Criticism is an indirect form of self-boasting.
DR. EMMIT FOX Criticism is an indirect form of self-boasting
EMMET FOX Unfortunately, a lot of coaches have grasped the concept of self promotion and Tom never cared about...
CHRIS MORTENSEN We should always be realistic about our needs, steer clear of this over indulgence and self imposed ...
OSCAR AULIQ-ICE Too rigid specialization is almost as bad for a historian's mind, and for his ultimate reputatio...
SAMUEL E. MORISON As long as there is (worldly) selfish interest, there is no unity. Unity is attained with the ultima...
DADA BHAGWAN Lying is the most simple form of self-defence. -Susan Sontag.
SUSAN SONTAG Human identity is no longer defined by what one does, but by what one owns. We worship self-indulgen...
OSCAR AULIQ-ICE She really said no to nothing. I think Tom Robbins named her. She officially changed her name to Aur...
DANA RUST The real difference in the believer who follows Christ and has mortified his will and died after the...
DIETRICH BONHOEFFER We all are wearing many hundred glasses of different colors. Therefore, everyone sees the world in d...
MUDITHA CHAMPIKA If there is true ‘Selfishness,’ then there is ‘liberation of the Self’, and that indeed is o...
DADA BHAGWAN There are seeds of self-destruction in all of us that will bear only unhappiness if allowed to grow.
DOROTHEA BRANDE We all are wearing many hundred glasses of different colors. So, everyone see the world in different...
MUDITHA CHAMPIKA Sometimes the ultimate act of self-compassion is turning off your phone and looking someone in the e...
AMY LEIGH MERCREE Without a moral framework, there is nothing left but immediate self-indulgence by some and the path ...
THOMAS SOWELL Procrastination is, hands down, our favorite form of self-sabotage.
ALYCE P. CORNYN-SELBY This is the highest form of _expression. This is the ultimate form of expression when the people man...
RAUL LAMBINO Science is great for us. But for someone who sees the humans for more than one million years, scienc...
MUDITHA CHAMPIKA “Love Can Form A Double Rainbow Connecting Two Hearts. ~ Tom Baker
TOM BAKER AKA THE PONDERING MAN I had a lot of failed relationships, a lot of unhappiness, a lot of shame and embarrassment, bad sel...
DAVID FURNISH There is, after all, a kind of happiness in unhappiness, if it's the right unhappiness.
JONATHAN FRANZEN Occasionally I find a travel book that is both illuminating and entertaining, where vivid writing an...
ARTHUR SMITH Never to talk to ones self is a form of hypocrisy.
FREDRICH This is what I think now; that the natural state of the sentient adult is a qualified unhappiness. I...
F. SCOTT FITZGERALD Human service is the highest form of self-interest for the person who serves.
ELBERT HUBBARD Living in a world where people measure their happiness by self-indulgence and decadence, Is like wat...
HUSAM WAFAEI To hide from one's self within the nobility that is called labor, is a form of self imposed slavery ...
TROY J. GAINEY God might awaken that heart, supine and stupefied with self-indulgence, and remove the film of sensu...
ANNE BRONTë Pandering candidates often promise that they can make the pain go away.
GAIL COLLINS Isolation might be more hazardous than splendor.
BARBARA W. TUCHMAN I’m about to take a shower because I smell like an all-nighter, then I think I’ll take a bath so...
JAY MCINERNEY Your addiction to thinking will come back to haunt you.
SōSEKI NATSUME Albert Camus wrote that the only serious question is whether to kill yourself or not.
Tom Robbi...
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C. FITZSIMONS ALLISON Man (human life form) is a 'second-hand' quality of the absolute supreme Self (Parmatma, Lord). Man ...
DADA BHAGWAN There is neither happiness nor unhappiness in this world; there is only the comparison of one state ...
ALEXANDRE DUMAS Self-reliance is the only road to true freedom, and being one's own person is its ultimate reward.
PATRICIA SAMPSON Self-reliance is the only road to true freedom, and being one's own person is its ultimate reward
PATRICIA SAMPSON It's an indulgence. A healthy indulgence.
ANTHONY STONE President Robbins was so well adjusted to his environment that sometimes you could not tell which wa...
RANDALL JARRELL "Teaching children self-reliance and self-respect will provide a platform to build confidence in the...
TOM BAKER AKA THE PONDERING MAN Religion is a solace to many and it is conceivable that some religion, somewhere, is Ultimate Truth....
ROBERT A. HEINLEIN The secret self knows the anguish of our attachments and assures us that letting go of what we think...
GUY FINLEY Theatre is castigated for wallowing in self-indulgence, but it's curiously unsentimental. You si...
RICHARD EYRE Guilt is feeling of some offence, some wrong doing, to hurt someone, to deceive someone but ultimate...
DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA Happiness is the interval between periods of unhappiness.
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TOM ROBBINS Conversation between a princess and an outlaw:
"If I stand for fairy-tale balls and dragon bai...
TOM ROBBINS There are landscapes in which we feel above us not sky but space. Something larger, deeper than sky ...
TOM ROBBINS If you believe in peace, act peacefully; if you believe in love, acting lovingly; if you believe eve...
TOM ROBBINS Now tequila may be the favored beverage of outlaws but that doesn't mean it gives them preferential ...
TOM ROBBINS But why diminish your soul being run-of-the-mill at something? Mediocrity: now there is ugliness for...
TOM ROBBINS But do we know how to make love stay?'
I can't even think about it. The best I can do is play i...
TOM ROBBINS Disorder is inherent in stability. Civilized man doesn't understand stability. He's confused it with...
TOM ROBBINS I am cheerful. I don't know if I'm happy. There is a difference, you know.
TOM ROBBINS At the typewriter you find out who you are.
TOM ROBBINS