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self creative tone
Our peasant music, naturally, is invariably tonal, if not always in the sense that the inflexible major and minor system is tonal. (An "atonal" folk-music, in my opinion, is unthinkable.) Since we depend upon a tonal basis of this kind in our creative work, it is quite self-evident that our works are quite pronouncedly tonal in type. I must admit, however, that there was a time when I thought I was approaching a species of twelve-tone music. Yet even in works of that period the absolute tonal foundation is unmistakable. Bela Bartok
self abandon one-thing
The one thing which you have to abandon unconditionally is your self. Bede Griffiths
self self-respect world
Learn to live in this world with self-respect B. R. Ambedkar
self society devil
Avoid self-righteousness like the devil- nothing is so self-blinding. B. H. Liddell Hart
selfish damn-you ideas
I've had only one idea in my life - a true idee fixe. To put it as bluntly as possible - the idea of having my own way. 'Control!' expresses it. The control of human behavior. In my early experimental days it was a frenzied, selfish desire to dominate. I remember the rage I used to feel when a prediction went awry. I could have shouted at the subjects of my experiments, 'Behave, damn you! Behave as you ought! B. F. Skinner
self behavior given
A self is a repertoire of behavior appropriate to a given set of contingencies.
self knowing done
I've rarely done anything that's overtly self-destructive without consciously knowing what I'm doing. And then of course, the astute journalist jumps forward and says, "Why are you being calculated?" Calculated seems to assume a sinister intent. My intent is always for artistic effect. Billy Corgan
self decision behavior
To understand ourself, we must understand our "selves," or the parts of us that motivate our thoughts, decisions, and behaviors. Bill Crawford
self-confidence keys knowing
The key to self-confidence is knowing that you would choose you... and why. In this way the chosen becomes the chooser, and love versus fear becomes the energy of choice.
solitude privilege prize
I prize the privilege of being alone. Carl Rogers
solitude soul body
This perpetual hurry of business and company ruins me in soul if not in body. More solitude and earlier hours! William Wilberforce
solitude peculiar thrones
Grand, gloomy, and peculiar, he sat upon the throne a sceptred hermit, wrapped in the solitude of his own originality. Charles Phillips
solitude looks elbows
Karen, her elbows folded on the deck-rail, wanted to share with someone the pleasure in being alone: this is the paradox of any happy solitude. She had never landed at Cork, so this hill and that hill beyond were as unexpected as pictures at which you say "Oh look!" Nobody was beside her to share the moment, which would have been imperfect with anyone else there. Elizabeth Bowen
solitude walks ifs
After all, when you take a walk you're after solitude, and if the solitude won't come to you, you must go to it. Elfriede Jelinek
solitude betray
And Vin liked solitude. When you're alone, no one can betray you Brandon Sanderson
solitude company conditions
Solitude is a condition best enjoyed in company. Eleanor Catton
solitude depth madness
Somewhere in the depths of solitude, beyond wilderness and freedom, lay the trap of madness. Edward Abbey
solitude listening getting-older
The older I grow, the more I find myself alone. Alberto Giacometti
despair george happened hard realize saying seen streets understand vibrant vital walk
Out of this despair is going to come a vibrant coast, ... I understand if you're saying to yourself, 'Well, it's hard for me to realize what George W. is saying because I've seen the rubble and I know what has happened to my neighbors.' But I'd like to come back down here in about two years and walk your streets and see how vital this part of the world is going to be. George H. W. Bush
despair stoic grows
The Stoic assures us that what is happening now will happen over and over again. [If so, Providende would] ultimately grow weary through despair. Bertrand Russell
despair great healing sit
I think that a great part of healing was I didn't sit and despair about 'woe is me. Why me? Why me?' I never had that time. Chris Carlisle
despairing
Psychotherapy is a sanctuary; it is a battleground; it is a place I have been psychotic, neurotic, elated, confused, and despairing beyond belief. Kay Redfield Jamison
despairing god knowledge man senseless suffer understanding
God will not suffer man to have a knowledge of things to come; for if he had prescience of his prosperity, he would be careless; and if understanding of his adversity, he would be despairing and senseless Saint Augustine
despairing effect expression extent formal means people politics suspicious
I don't think that people are disinterested or uninterested in politics. I think very often they are disengaged from the formal political process. To some extent they are suspicious or even despairing of formal politics as a means to give expression and effect to what they want. John Bercow
despair pilots sin
Great thoughts of your sin alone will drive you to despair; but great thoughts of Christ will pilot you into the haven of peace. Charles Spurgeon
despair christ
Faith in Christ is the only thing to save you from despair. C. S. Lewis
despair events surrender
Don't despair: despair suggests you are in total control and know what is coming. You don't - surrender to events with hope. Alain de Botton