“Pride is an established conviction of one’s own paramount worth in some particular respect, while vanity is the desire of rousing such a conviction in others, and it is generally accompanied by the secret hope of ultimately coming to the same conviction oneself. Pride works from within; it is the direct appreciation of oneself. Vanity is the desire to arrive at this appreciation indirectly, from without.” DesireSecretParticularPrideDirectOneselfConvictionAppreciationVanityParamount Book:Collected Essays of Arthur Schopenhauer Source: Collected Essays of Arthur Schopenhauer
“This kind of internal "telepathic" intercourse, which was to serve me in all my wanderings, was at first difficult, innefective, and painful. But in time I came to be able to live through the experiences of my host with vividness and accuracy, while yet preserving my own individuality, my own critical intelligence, my own desires and fears. Only when the other had come to realize my presence within him could he, by a special act of volition, keep particular thoughts secret from me.” FirstsKindAbleDesireDifficultRealizingMy OwnSecretSpecialParticularIndividualityPainfulCriticalWanderInternalsHostIntercourseAccuracyVolitionVividness Book:Star Maker Source: Star Maker
“God, the supreme being, is neither circumscribed by space, nor touched by time; he cannot be found in a particular direction, and his essence cannot change. The secret conversation is thus entirely spiritual; it is a direct encounter between God and the soul, abstracted from all material constraints.” SoulSpiritualFoundSpaceSecretParticularMaterialsConversationDirectEssenceSupremeEncountersTouchedConstraintsSupreme Being Author:Avicenna
“No secret that I enjoy motor sports and cars in particular, building cars, building custom cars. Part of that scene. I love the flow of the cars and I love the art part of them. I love the sleekness and the uniqueness of each car that you can dream up.” ArtDreamSportsEnjoySecretCarBuildingParticularSceneFlowCustomsUniquenessMotor Author:James Hetfield
“I have abandoned all particular forms of devotion, all prayer techniques. My only prayer practice is attention. I carry on a habitual, silent, and secret conversation with God that fills me with overwhelming joy.” GodFormJoyPrayerSecretAttentionPracticeTeacherParticularConversationSilentTechniqueDevotionOverwhelmingAbandonedHabitualConversations With God Author:Brother Lawrence
“Sometimes I feel very guilty, so I don't know if I am a clear example of a perfect father, because sometimes I also just punish myself, saying I'm not doing probably the right thing at this particular moment. It's a secret.” IfsKnowsFeelsSometimesMomentsFatherPerfectSecretClearExampleParticularGuiltyRight ThingPerfect Father Author:Antonio Banderas
“Who of us would not be glad to lift the veil behind which the future lies hidden; to cast a glance at the next advances of our science and at the secrets of its development during future centuries? What particular goals will there be toward which the leading mathematical spirits of coming generations will strive? What new methods and new facts in the wide and rich field of mathematical thought will the new centuries disclose?” FactsSpiritLyingNextGoalSecretBehindsRichGenerationsCenturyFieldsParticularDevelopmentMethodStriveCastsWideGladMathematicalLiftsGlancesVeils Author:David Hilbert
“We have all our private terrors, our particular shadows, our secret fears. We are afraid in a fear which we cannot face, which none understands, and our hearts are torn from us, our brains unskinned like the layers of an onion, ourselves the last.” HeartLastsFacesSecretBrainParticularShadowTerrorLayersTornOnions Book:The Complete Poems and Plays of T. S. Eliot Source: The Complete Poems and Plays of T. S. Eliot