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“Once you start doing something bad, then it's easy to take the next step - and in the end, you're a moral sewer.”

Ends Next Easy Moral Steps Next Steps Sewers

“Man is lost and is wandering in a jungle where real values have no meaning. Real values can have meaning to man only when he steps on to the spiritual path, a path where negative emotions have no use.”

“Once you've produced the scientific data that's necessary to make a drug into a medicine, you've gone a long way towards mainstreaming the acceptance of these drugs as having beneficial properties. And then the step to legalization is not that far behind that.”

Way Long Behinds Steps Gone Acceptance Drug Medicine Property Data Long Way Beneficial

Author:Rick Doblin

“I never know what my next move will be in Hollywood. It's such an unpredictable town. People get jaded and lost and I've been able to stay a float. I think the next logical step in my career would be to start my own filmmaking empire like (Harvey Weinstein) and (Bob Weinstein) did so many years ago. I think if only the unions weren't so strict in Boston, I'd set up shop there and make films of a certain quality you don't see represented these days. I'm full of ideas and dreams.”

“When you see a condemned man on his way to the gallows, it moves you to pity. If you could do something to free him, you would do it. Well, brothers and sisters, when I see a person in mortal sin, I see someone drawing nearer with every step to the gallows of hell. And seeing him in this unhappy state, I happen to know the way to free him: that he be converted to God, ask God's pardon, and make a good confession. Woe betide me if he does not.”

“The moment we make up our minds that we are going on with this determination to exalt God overall, we step out of the worldís parade... We acquire a new viewpoint; a new and different psychology will be formed within us; a new power will begin to surprise us by its upsurgings and its outgoings.”

World Mind Different Moments Steps Psychology Determination Surprise Acquire Parades Viewpoints

Author:Aiden Wilson Tozer

“When our goals are clearly defined and intelligently set, you have, in essence, taken a major step toward programming your left brain. That frees your right brain to be its creative best.”

Left Goal Brain Steps Creative Taken Majors Essence Defined Programming Left Brain

Book:Over the Top

Source: Over the Top

“There is absolutely nothing in the Mormon's religion inconsistent with the most patriotic devotion to the government of the United States. Revelation and the commandments of the church require that the Constitution and the laws of the land be upheld. It is also part of our belief that the time will come when the country will be distracted and general lawlessness prevail. Then the Mormon people will step forward and take an active part in rescuing the nation from ruin.”

“The mind is led on, step by step, to defeat its own logic.”

Mind Steps Logic Defeat

Author:Dai Vernon

“Chosen soul, how will you bring this about? What steps will you take to reach the high level to which God is calling you? The means of holiness and salvation are known to everybody, since they are found in the Gospel; the masters of the spiritual life have explained them; the Saints have practiced them...These means are: sincere humility, unceasing prayer, complete self-denial, abandonment to Divine Providence, and obedience to the will of God.”

“When primeval man ﬁrst used ﬂint stones for any purpose, he would have accidentally splintered them, and would then have used the sharp fragments. From this step it would be a small one to break the ﬂints on purpose and not a very wide step to fashion them rudely.”

Men Would Be Used Purpose Steps Break Fashion Stones Wide Fragments Primeval

Book:The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex ... Second Edition, Revised and Augmented, with Illustrations. Tenth Thousand

Source: The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex ... Second Edition, Revised and Augmented, with Illustrations. Tenth Thousand

“The person who has the guts to ask themselves 'Why?' at least once a week, and be totally honest with themselves about the answer, is already twenty steps ahead of their smarter, more experienced rival.”

Persons Asks Answers Steps Week Honest Twenties Guts Smarter Rivals

Author:Mark Bouris

“At times we're going to get angry. Anger is an emotion God built into us. But we don't have to blow up and say hurtful things that are going to damage our relationships. Learn to take a step back, collect your thoughts, and think about what you want to say.”

Thinking Want Emotion Steps Built Angry Blow What You Want Damage Our Relationship Hurtful Hurtful Things

Book:It's Your Time and Become a Better You Boxed Set

Source: It's Your Time and Become a Better You Boxed Set

“I believe that here in South Africa, with all our diversities of colour and race; we will show the world a new pattern for democracy. There is a challenge for us to set a new example for all. Let us not side step this task.”

World Believe Shows I Believe Sides Challenges Race Steps Democracy Example Diversity Tasks South Patterns Colour South Africa

Author:Albert Lutuli

“Sometimes on the journey, you step in dog poop. But you don't let the whole journey be about the fact that your shoe got poop on it.”

Sometimes Whole Facts Steps Journey Dog Shoes Poop

Author:Iyanla Vanzant

“By doing well the duty which is nearest to us, the duty which is in our hands now, we make ourselves stronger; and improving our strength in this manner step by step, we may reach a state in which it shall be our privilege to do the most coveted and honored duties in life and in society.”

Wells May States Hands Steps Duty Stronger Privilege Improving Honored

Author:Swami Vivekananda

“Every step I take in light is mine forever.”

Light Steps Forever Mines Every Step

Author:Swami Vivekananda

“Those who have succeeded in attaching or detaching their minds at will have succeeded in Pratyahara, which means gathering towards, checking the outgoing powers of the mind, freeing it from the thralldom of the senses. When we can do this, we shall really possess character; then alone we shall have taken a long step towards freedom. Before that, we are mere machines.”

Mind Mean Long Character Can Do Steps Taken Machines Mere Senses Gathering Power Of The Mind Outgoing

Author:Swami Vivekananda

“We are conjured voiceless out of nothing and must return to an unknowing state. What happens in between is an uncontrolled dance, and what we ask for in love is no more than a momentary chance to get the steps right, to move in harmony until the music stops.”

States Happens Moving Asks Chance Love Is Steps Return Harmony Momentary Voiceless Unknowing

Author:Louise Erdrich

“This is the key. If you get into deep water with these substances, this is true of psilocybin as well, you don't want to clench, you don't want to assume the fetal position and stop breathing. You want to sit up straight and breathe, and sing, and sing it back, and it will step back. You can take control of your situation ... most of the time.”

Ifs Want Wells Water Situation Steps Position Keys Assuming Breathe Breathing Substance Take Control Deep Water Psilocybin

Author:Terence McKenna

“Every step into freedom contains within it the potential for greater bondage.”

Steps Greater Bondage Every Step

Author:Terence McKenna

“‎We have a lamp inside us. The oil of that lamp is our breathing, our steps, and our peaceful smile. Our practice is to light up the lamp.”

Light Steps Practice Smile Oil Peaceful Breathing Lamps Light Up

Author:Nhat Hanh

“Machine thinking is the opposite of mindfulness. If we're really engaged in mindfulness when walking along the path to the village, then we will consider the act of each step we take as an infinite wonder, and a joy will open our hearts like a flower, enabling us to enter the world of reality.”

Ifs Thinking World Heart Reality Joy Wonder Steps Path Flower Walking Mindfulness Machines Opposites Infinite Engaged Village Enabling

Author:Nhat Hanh

“My personal ambition remains the same - to be creative, to be modern, to stay one step ahead, to enjoy life.”

Enjoy Steps Creative Modern Ambition Remains Be Creative Enjoy Life

Author:Natalie Massenet

“The first important step in weathering failure is learning not to personalize it.”

Firsts Important Steps

Book:Failing Forward

Source: Failing Forward

“The third important ingredient for achieving peak performance is attitude. Attitude is how you deal with the inevitable adverse situations that occur in the markets. Attitude is also how you handle the daily grind, the constant 2 steps forward and 2 steps back.”

Important Deals Attitude Situation Steps Achieve Performances Thirds Constant Handle Inevitable Ingredients Grind Steps Forward Adverse Peak Performance Daily Grind

Author:Linda Bradford Raschke

“Renounce to the desire of possessing worldly things: this is the first step in the path of perfection; by mean of this absolute untie is how the passions can be fought.”

Firsts Mean Desire Passion Steps Path Perfection Absolutes First Steps Worldly Possessing Renounce Worldly Things

Author:Eliphas Levi

“By taking these three steps you will get closer to the Gods: First, Say the Truth. Second: Don't let you get Angry. Third: Give, even though you have so little to give.”

Giving Firsts Littles Three Steps Thirds Angry God First

Author:Gautama Buddha

“When I was 25, I was in a show called 'Bajour,' and I was going to leave the show because I couldn't breathe. I couldn't sing, and I couldn't do the basic dance steps I had to do. Fortunately, two actors in the production - who were also yoga instructors - taught me some breathing exercises, and my asthma was cured that day.”

Two Shows Actors Steps Taught Exercise Yoga Productions Breathe Breathing Instructors Asthma Dance Steps

Author:Paul Sorvino

“I want to travel on a train that smells like snowflakes. I want to sip in cafes that smell like comets. Under the pressure of my step, I want the streets to emit the precise odor of a diamond necklace. I want the newspapers I read to smell like the violins left in pawnshops by weeping hobos on Christmas Eve. I want to carry luggage that reeks of the neurons in Einstein's brain. I want a city's gases to smell like the golden belly hairs of the gods. And when I gaze at a televised picture of the moon, I want to detect, from a distance of 239,000 miles, the aroma of fresh mozzarella.”

“It's strange because a lot of people are like, 'You can't change human nature-people are inherently negative.' I don't think that's true. If you expect the best from people, they'll step up.”

People Ifs Thinking Humans Steps Human Nature Strange Like You Negative Can't Change Step Up

Author:Zooey Deschanel

“How does a man know when he's taking the last steps of his life?”

Knows Men Doe Lasts Steps

Book:It's Good to Be Alive

Source: It's Good to Be Alive

“You can get anywhere if you simply go one step at a time.”

Ifs Steps One Step At A Time

Book:The Total Money Makeover: A Proven Plan for Financial Fitness

Source: The Total Money Makeover: A Proven Plan for Financial Fitness

“I think if you can write a play, or produce a play, the first step toward success [is] if people don't want to kill themselves in the lobby. Now there must be four or five other steps, but that's the first.”

People Ifs Thinking Want Writing Firsts Play Steps Five Four Produce First Steps

Author:Jean Kerr

“Designing a station with artificial gravity would undoubtedly be a daunting task. Space agencies would have to re-examine many reliable technologies under the light of the new forces these tools would have to endure. Space flight would have to take several steps back before moving forward again.”

Light Moving Force Space Steps Technology Design Tools Tasks Endure Moving Forward Flight Agency Stations Gravity Artificial Space Flight Daunting Tasks

Author:Andy Weir

“With each step I take, I see that my ability to perform gets a little better. So until it starts getting worse, I'm going to keep moving forward.”

Littles Moving Ability Steps Moving Forward Keep Moving Keep Moving Forward Just Keep Moving Keep It Moving Just Keep Moving Forward Just Keep Moving On

Author:Rivers Cuomo

“The true mark of a leader is the willingness to stick with a bold course of action - an unconventional business strategy, a unique product-development roadmap, a controversial marketing campaign - even as the rest of the world wonders why you're not marching in step with the status quo.”

“Whenever I see people getting a bad deal I want to step in and do something about it. Of course, this is not pure altruism - there's a profit to be made too.”

People Want Made Courses Deals Steps Pure Profit Altruism

Book:Losing my virginity: how I've survived, had fun, and made a fortune doing business my way

Source: Losing my virginity: how I've survived, had fun, and made a fortune doing business my way

“Geometry is beautifully logical, and it teaches you how to think and prove that things are so, step by step by step. Proofs are excellent lessons in reasoning. Without logic and reasoning, you are dependent on jumping to conclusions or - worse - having empty opinions.”

Thinking Steps Opinion Teach Lessons Prove Empty Logic Proof Conclusion Excellent Reasoning Dependent Logical Jumping Geometry Jumping To Conclusions

Author:Marilyn vos Savant

“Take a step toward your dream today. No matter how tiny the step, it will give you the energy and desire to take another.”

Giving Matter Dream Today Desire Energy Steps Tiny Your Dreams

Author:John Avery

“To go where you're wishing you could go, first you must tie your shoes and step off the porch.”

Firsts Wish Steps Shoes Ties Porch

Author:John Avery

“Doom scenarios, even though they might be true, are not politically or psychologically effective. The first step . . . is to make us love the world rather than to make us fear for the end of the world.”

World Firsts Ends Might Steps Being True First Steps End Of The World Doom Scenarios

Author:Gary Snyder

“We follow a certain pattern, a maze, if you will, every day, tracing our steps into certain districts and neighborhoods and back home. So it's easy for people to relate to clichés. That's why comedy routines are based on mutual experiences of clichés.”

People Ifs Home Certain Easy Steps Comedy Patterns Relate Neighborhood Mutual Back Home Mazes Tracing

Author:Sylvester Stallone

“I can't walk five steps without someone on a walkie talkie going, 'She's wandering over there.' I'm pretty stuck, but hey, it's been great.”

I Can Walks Steps Five Stuck Wander Hey Talkies Walkie Talkies

Author:Eleanor Tomlinson

“I`m closer to anybody who believes that we should lead not from behind, but from the front. Rand Paul is one step behind, leading from behind. So, yes, even [Barack] Obama is more aggressive. Obama believes you can kill Anwar al-Awlaki without getting a court order.”

Should Believe Order Behinds Steps Fronts Court Barack Als Aggressive Believe You Can

Author:Chris Matthews

“So there was one point I thought I was gonna lose it, but once I get on something I have to finish it; I just kept persuading them and they turned around. One good thing was the international guys really stood behind this movie, they thought they could support this film. So these guys step up and that's really good, and then they turned around.”

Film Guy Loses Behinds Steps Support Good Things International Step Up Persuading

Author:Ang Lee

“3D is quite a lot more advanced in animated movies; for live-action movies we're just taking baby steps, we're just in the beginning. So when I think of doing that I was very excited. It didn't go as far as I think it should, I'm still a novice, but I think it's fair to say it's a new cinematic medium, experience.”

Thinking Should Stills Action Steps Baby Fairs Excited Mediums Should I Animated Action Movie Cinematic Novices Animated Movies Baby Steps

Author:Ang Lee

“You never know what you're in for when you take a role. When you're reading the script, you're in some café in New York and you're loving life and it sounds great because it's like reading a book. When you step into that book and you actually have to play it out, for real, it's a totally different ball game.”

Knows Book Different Real Play Reading Games Sound Steps Roles New York Balls Scripts Loving Life Ball Games

Author:Melissa George

“It's main storytelling hell because it's really hard to keep a secret. It's really hard to not communicate. But I think that's what's great about this world is it's a world where he is off the grid, and for me, it's a way to step back.”

Thinking World Way Hard Secret Steps Hell This World Communicate Storytelling Grids

Author:Brian Wayne Peterson

“I'm a theater actress and I thrive on working with other actors, and you can't be even a smidge bad, when you're acting with Charlie [Sheen]. He's just so natural, so present and so good that you have to step up to his level, or else.”

Actors Natural Levels Acting Steps Theater Actresses Thrive Charlie Step Up Working With Others

Author:Daniela Bobadilla

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