“Sufis teach that we first must battle and destroy the evil within ourselves by shining upon it the good within, and then we learn to battle the evil in others by helping their higher selves gain control of their lower selves.” FirstsSelfHelpingEvilTeachHigherBattleGainsShiningSufiHigher SelfEvil Within Author:Feisal Abdul Rauf
“Learn to overcome the imprinting that you now have and gain a new and higher imprinting that will lead you into the luminous spheres of awareness.” AwarenessBuddhismHigherGainsOvercomingSpheresLuminousImprinting Author:Frederick Lenz
“An attempt to gain a value by deceiving the mind of others is an act of raising your victims to a position higher than reality.” MindRealityValuesPositionHigherGainsVictimDeceiving Author:John Galt
“Price fixing does not represent simply windfall gains and losses to particular groups according to whether the price happens to be set higher or lower than it would be otherwise. It represents a net lose to the economy as a whole to the extent that many transactions do not take place at all, because the mutually acceptable possibilities have been reduced.” DoeHas BeensWholeHappensWould BeLosesLossEconomyGroupsPossibilityParticularHigherGainsAcceptableFixingTransactionsGains And Losses Author:Thomas Sowell
“An enlightened teacher has so much power that when they meditate, a tremendous aura builds up around them. The aura will open up your aura and increase it. You will move into a higher plane of knowledge. You will gain a new view of the world.” WorldMovingViewsTeacherHigherGainsIncreasePlanesEnlightenedAuras Author:Frederick Lenz
“Any strategy that involves crossing a valley accepting short-term losses to reach a higher hill in the distance will soon be brought to a halt by the demands of a system that celebrates short-term gains and tolerates stagnation, but condemns anything else as failure. In short, a world where big stuff can never get done.” WorldDoneBigsStuffTermLossAcceptingHigherDemandGainsStrategyDistanceCelebrateHillsValleysTolerateShort TermCrossingsHaltStagnationBig Stuff Author:Neal Stephenson
“There is a strong current in contemporary culture advocating ' holistic ' views as some sort of cure-all... Reductionism implies attention to a lower level while holistic implies attention to higher level. These are intertwined in any satisfactory description: and each entails some loss relative to our cognitive preferences, as well as some gain... there is no whole system without an interconnection of its parts and there is no whole system without an environment.” WellsWholeCultureStrongLossLevelsViewsAttentionEnvironmentHigherGainsCurrentsContemporaryCuresDescriptionRelativePreferenceCognitiveHigher LevelHolisticAdvocatingIntertwinedInterconnectionReductionism Author:Francisco Varela
“If they're not sincere, then naturally I'll turn them down. But if what they want is to gain power and use it for a higher good, I'll help them. Then they merit some special consideration.” IfsWantHelpingUseTurnsSpecialHigherGainsMeritConsiderationSincereRama Author:Frederick Lenz
“If you go to a higher place of power, you can gain power there and you might even encounter some beings of knowledge and light that might aid you in some way.” IfsWayLightMightBuddhismHigherGainsAidsEncounters Author:Frederick Lenz
“I don't put myself above anyone, and I have as many shortcomings as any non-believer. I just choose to turn to a higher power to help me gain wisdom and, I hope, improve over time.” HelpingTurnsHigherGainsBelieverHelp MeShortcomingsHigher PowerNon Believer Author:Van Jones
“Jeff Selingo is one of the most respected observers of American higher education...Not all will agree with his observations, conclusions, predictions and recommendations, but all will gain from this thoughtful, well-written, provocative volume. I highly recommend it.” WellsWrittenHigherGainsAgreeConclusionObservationThoughtfulVolumePredictionsObserversProvocativeHigher EducationRecommendationsWell Written Author:David J. Skorton
“Income earned by the sweat of your brow should be taxed at the lowest rates, not the highest. Capital gains should be taxed at a higher rate.” ShouldHigherHighestGainsRateIncomeSweatLowestBrowsCapital Gains Author:John C. Bogle
“A lot of people out there working hard and finally building up to getting a pretty good income. Higher tax rates on them, you know, the income rates going up, the dividend rates are going up, the capital gains rates all going up before health care kicks in.” PeopleKnowsHardCareBuildingHigherTaxesGainsRateIncomeHealth CareKicksDividendsBuilding UpCapital Gains Author:Fred Thompson
“The excellence and inspiration of truth is in the pursuit, not in the mere having of it. The pursuit of all truth is a kind of gymnastics; a man swings from one truth with higher strength to gain another. The continual glory is the possibility opening before us.” MenKindInspirationTruthPossibilityHigherTruth IsGloryGainsExcellenceMerePursuitOpeningSwingsGymnastics Author:Edwin Hubbel Chapin
“Because the math is, if you - 5 percent of a million is a lot more than 5 percent of a thousand. So yeah, someone who makes more money, numerically, it's gonna be higher. But the greatest gains, percentage-wise, for people, are gonna be at the lower end of our plan.” PeopleIfsEndsMillionsWisePlansHigherThousandPercentGainsYeahMathMore MoneyPercentages Author:Ted Cruz
“Mr. Washington apologizes for injustice, he belittles the emasculating effects of caste distinctions, and opposes the higher training and ambitions of our brighter minds. The way for people to gain their reasonable rights is not by voluntarily throwing them away.” PeopleWayMindRightsEffectsHigherAmbitionTrainingGainsInjusticeReasonableDistinctionThrowingApologizingBrighterCastesBelittle Author:W. E. B. Du Bois
“Treasurys, as low as yields are, are higher than they are in most other developed countries. A foreign investor picks up a yield spread in Treasurys versus their own sovereigns, plus the fact that if the dollar is going to continue rallying - and I think it will because it's a safe haven - then they get a currency translation gain as well.” IfsThinkingWellsCountryFactsHavensHigherSafeLowsPicksGainsDollarsSpreadPlusYieldInvestorsCurrencyVersusTranslationsSafe HavenDeveloped CountryRallying Author:Gary Shilling
“If top marginal income tax rates are set too high, they discourage productive economic activity. In the limit, a top marginal income tax rate of 100 percent would mean that taxpayers would gain nothing from working harder or investing more. In contrast, a higher top marginal rate on consumption would actually encourage savings and investment. A top marginal consumption tax rate of 100 percent would simply mean that if a wealthy family spent an extra dollar, it would also owe an additional dollar of tax.” IfsMeanEconomicHigherActivityLimitsTaxesPercentGainsHarderDollarsInvestmentRateInvestingIncomeSavingExtrasProductiveWealthyContrastConsumptionTaxpayersSavingsDiscouragingIncome TaxSavings And Investment Author:Robert H. Frank
“If Warren Buffett made his money from ordinary income rather than capital gains, his tax rate would be a lot higher than his secretary's. In fact a very small percentage of people in this country pay a big chunk of the taxes.” PeopleIfsMadeCountryFactsBigsWould BePayHigherTaxesOrdinaryGainsRateIncomeSecretaryPercentagesChunksBuffettCapital Gains Author:Michael Bloomberg
“Our Heavenly Father loves each one of us and understands that this process of climbing higher takes preparation, time, and commitment. He understands that we will make mistakes at times, that we will stumble, that we will become discouraged and perhaps even wish to give up and say to ourselves it is not worth the struggle. We know it is worth the effort, for the prize, which is eternal life, is “the greatest of all the gifts of God.” And to qualify, we must take one step after another and keep going to gain the spiritual heights we aspire to reach.” KnowsGivingSpiritualLife IsFatherWishProcessEffortMistakeStepsStruggleHigherGiving UpEternalCommitmentGainsPreparationHeightMaking MistakesHeavenlyPrizeKeep GoingClimbingAspireDiscouragedEternal LifeHeavenly FatherGift From God Author:Joseph B. Wirthlin
“To gain the acceptance of your peers is an admirable task, but to truly accept yourself requires a much higher standard.” AcceptingAcceptanceHigherStandardsGainsTasksPeersAdmirableAccepting YourselfHigher Standards Author:Wes Fesler
“If workers struggle for higher wages, this is hailed as "social gains", if businessmen struggle for higher profits, this is damned as "selfish greed".” IfsSocialLibertyStruggleHigherGainsWorkersGreedProfitLibertarianSelfishLibertarianismBusinessmanWages Book:Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal Source: Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal