Emotions

"I would do what I pleased, and doing what I pleased, I should have my will, and having my will, I should be contented; and when one is contented, there is no more to be desired; and when there is no more to be desired, there is an end of it."

"Health is the greatest gift, contentment is the greatest wealth, a trusted friend is the best relative, Nibbana is the greatest bliss."

"And how is a monk contented? Here, a monk is satisfied with a robe to protect his body, with alms to satisfy his stomach, and having accepted sufficient, he goes on his way. Just as a bird with wings flies hither and thither, burdened by nothing but its wings, so he is satisfied. In this way, Sire, a monk is contented."

"From labour health, from health contentment spring; Contentment opes the source of every joy."

"Ten poor men sleep in peace on one straw heap, as Saadi sings, But the immensest empire is too narrow for two kings."

"There is always some contempt in pity. One pities poor old Oedipus, but one doesn't pity Job."

"Sympathy [often] makes up part of the feeling of contempt.… Most people are generous enough to feel some pity for the dog with some touch of the cur and mongrel in it, which finds itself in the pure-bred and often snobbish society of a dog-show."

"The weakness of the attack lies in its lack of discrimination. It is possible that psychic surgery is a hoax, that plants cannot really read our minds, that Kirlian photography (photographing the "life-aura" of living creatures) may depend on some simple electrical phenomenon. But to lump all of these together as if they were all on the same level of improbability shows a certain lack of discernment. The same applies to the list of "hoaxes." Rhine's careful research into extrasensory perception at Duke University is generally conceded to be serious and sincere, even by people who think his test conditions were too loose. The famous fairy photographs are quite probably a hoax, but no one has ever produced an atom of proof either way, and until someone does, no one can be quite as confident as the editors of Time seem to be. And Ted Serios has never at any time been exposed as a fraud — although obviously he might be. We see here a phenomena that we shall encounter again in relation to Geller: that when a scientist or a "rationalist" sets himself up as the defender of reason, he often treats logic with a disrespect that makes one wonder what side he is on."

"I had rather chop this hand off at a blow, And with the other fling it at thy face, Than bear so low a sail, to strike to thee."

"Call me what instrument you will, though you can fret me, yet you cannot play upon me."

"Grown all to all, from no one vice exempt, And most contemptible to shun contempt."

"The infidelity of the Gentile world, and that more especially of men of rank and learning in it, is resolved into a principle which, in my judgment, will account for the inefficacy of any argument, or any evidence whatever, viz. contempt prior to investigation."

"There is no room in the universe for the least contempt or pride; but only for a gentle and a reverent heart."

"Nothing is so contemptible as habitual contempt. It is impossible to remain long under its control without being dwarfed by its influence."

"Ah, there is nothing more beautiful than the difference between the thought about sinful creatures which is natural to a holy being, and the thought about sinful creatures which is natural to a self-righteous being. The one is all contempt: the other, all pity."

"How could man have such utter contempt for man? Because he had reached the point of contempt for God."

"When they talk'd of their Raphaels, Correggios, and stuff, He shifted his trumpet, and only took snuff."

"The spirit of contempt is the true spirit of Antichrist; for no other is more directly opposed to Christ."

"Contempt leaves a deeper scar than anger."

"Christ saw much in this world to weep over, and much to pray over; but he saw nothing in it to look upon with contempt."

"Go—let thy less than woman's hand Assume the distaff—not the brand."

"Contempt is not a thing to be despised."

"CONTEMPT, n. The feeling of a prudent man for an enemy who is too formidable safely to be opposed."

"Men despise what they do not understand."

"Arrogance is a killer, and wearing ambition on one's sleeve can have the same effect. There is a fine line between arrogance and self-confidence. Legitimate self-confidence is a winner. The true test of self-confidence is the courage to be open—to welcome change and new ideas regardless of their source. Self-confident people aren't afraid to have their views challenged. They relish the intellectual combat that enriches ideas."

"Nusquam tuta fides."

"Self-confidence is a beautiful principle because there are some challenges and betrayals, and it is very difficult to continue in a relationship in which you alone are the initiator in everything You are the one who misses and you are the one who disbelieves and you are yearning You are the one who asks you are the one who blames you are the one who calls you are the one who starts messaging and if you are absent for days your absence will be normal It is difficult to continue alone and the other ignores what you are doing for him."

"No matter how difficult the challenge is, the most important thing is to have self-confidence."

"You know when you feel that you want to speak but there is no one to hear you and you also feel that words are trapped inside you and that you are unable to say them the world becomes heavy and everything around you puts pressure on you, you laugh in front of people it shows that you are weak and worried but have self-confidence."

"Confidence is conqueror of men; victorious both over them and in them; The iron will of one stout heart shall make a thousand quail: A feeble dwarf, dauntlessly resolved, will turn the tide of battle, And rally to a nobler strife the giants that had fled."

"I would have some confidence with you that decerns you nearly."

"Your wisdom is consum'd in confidence. Do not go forth to-day."

"Ultima talis erit quæ mea prima fides."

"He that wold not when he might, He shall not when he wold-a."

"La confiance que l'on a en soi fait naître la plus grande partie de celle que l'on a aux autres."

"I see before me the statue of a celebrated minister, who said that confidence was a plant of slow growth. But I believe, however gradual may be the growth of confidence, that of credit requires still more time to arrive at maturity."

"Confidence is that feeling by which the mind embarks in great and honourable courses with a sure hope and trust in itself."

"Life for both sexes — and I looked at them, shouldering their way along the pavement — is arduous, difficult, a perpetual struggle. It calls for gigantic courage and strength. More than anything, perhaps, creatures of illusion as we are, it calls for confidence in oneself. Without self-confidence we are as babes in the cradle."

"Trust not him that hath once broken faith."

"Confidence... thrives on honesty, on honor, on the sacredness of obligations, on faithful protection and on unselfish performance. Without them it cannot live."

"I have confidence in fools... self-confidence is what my friends call it."

"Confidence is a plant of slow growth in an aged bosom."

"Ignorance and confidence are constant companions"

"It is wonderful how some words ever were invented, for they express what does not exist—confidence is among the number; confidence is what no human being ever really had in another."

"you can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something — your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life."

"Where men are the most sure and arrogant, they are commonly the most mistaken."

"As is our confidence, so is our capacity."

"According to Freud (who was speaking from experience, since he was his mother’s darling), spoiled children have a confidence that stays with them all their lives."

"I guess I was never much in awe of anybody. I think you have to have that attitude if you’re going to go far in this game. People have always said that I was too confident, but I think you’ll find that most guys who can play are pretty cocky."

"When you’re an athlete—I played all through college and on a pretty high level—you don’t even realize you’re transmitting these confidence vibes, but you do, it just becomes so innate."