#selves

A hurtful act is the transference to others of the degradation which we bear in ourselves. ↗

— Simone Weil

#bear #degradation #hurtful #others #ourselves

The only hope of socialism resides in those who have already brought about in themselves, as far as is possible in the society of today, that union between manual and intellectual labor which characterizes the society we are aiming at. ↗

— Simone Weil

#aiming #already #as far as #between #brought

The first task in teaching is to bring to consciousness what the students already believe by virtue of their personal experiences about themselves and society. ↗

— Paul Wellstone

#already #believe #bring #consciousness #experiences

It had been startling and disappointing to me to find out that story books had been written by people, that books were not natural wonders, coming of themselves like grass. ↗

— Eudora Welty

#books #coming #disappointing #find #grass

There are two barriers that often prevent communication between the young and their elders. The first is middle-aged forgetfulness of the fact that they themselves are no longer young. The second is youthful ignorance of the fact that the middle aged are still alive. ↗

— Jessamyn West

#alive #barriers #between #communication #elders

Always continue the climb. It is possible for you to do whatever you choose, if you first get to know who you are and are willing to work with a power that is greater than ourselves to do it. ↗

— Ella Wheeler Wilcox

#always #choose #climb #continue #first

Among the many reasons assignable for the sad decay of true Christianity, perhaps the neglecting to assemble ourselves together, in religious societies, may not be one of the least. ↗

— George Whitefield

#assemble #christianity #decay #least #many

Most people live in a myth and grow violently angry if anyone dares to tell them the truth about themselves. ↗

— Robert Anton Wilson

#angry #anyone #dares #grow #live

Jazz is the last refuge of the untalented. Jazz musicians enjoy themselves more than anyone listening to them does. ↗

— Tony Wilson

#does #enjoy #jazz #jazz musicians #last

The worst thing about this war is the chance it gives these dreadful little persons, the chance to make themselves important. ↗

— Arthur Wimperis

#chance #dreadful #gives #important #little