Inherent Quotes - Page 20

• There is no virtue inherent in un-constructive suffering.

  M. Scott Peck

  Suffering, Virtue, Constructive

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• We make allowance for a certain degree of selfishness in men; because we know it to be inseparable from human nature, and inherent in our frame and constitution. By this reflexion we correct those sentiments of blame, which so naturally arise upon any opposition.

  David Hume

  Men, Selfishness, Degrees

  David Hume (2003). “A Treatise of Human Nature”, p.415, Courier Corporation

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• It was titillating to brush up against the enigma of mortality, to steal a glimpse across its forbidden frontier. Climbing was a magnificient activity, I firmly believed, not in spite of the inherent perils, but precisely because of them.

  Jon Krakauer

  Climbing, Glimpse, Stealing

  FaceBook post by Jon Krakauer from Aug 23, 2014

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• You go to someone and you think, 'I'll tell him this.' But why? The impulse is that the telling is going to relieve you. And that's why you feel awful later--you've relieved yourself, and if it truly is tragic and awful, it's not better, it's worse---the exhibitionism inherent to a confession has only made the misery worse.

  Philip Roth

  Thinking, Exhibitionism, Awful

  Philip Roth (1997). “American Pastoral”, p.90, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• To the European, it is a characteristic of the American culture that, again and again, one is commanded and ordered to 'be happy.' But happiness cannot be pursued; it must ensue. One must have a reason to 'be happy.' Once the reason is found, however, one becomes happy automatically. As we see, a human being is not one in pursuit of happiness but rather in search of a reason to become happy, last but not least, through actualizing the potential meaning inherent and dormant in a given situation.

  Viktor E. Frankl

  Pursuit Of Happiness, Lasts, Culture

  Viktor E. Frankl (2015). “Man's Search For Meaning, Gift Edition”, p.106, Beacon Press

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• Despite the best efforts of critics and the hopes of authors, our tastes in books are probably as inherent & unbudgeable as those in food.

  Alain de Botton

  Book, Best Effort, Taste

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• Americans worship technology. It's an inherent trait in the national zeitgeist.

  Max Brooks

  Technology, Worship, World War Z

  Max Brooks (2006). “World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War”, p.166, Broadway Books

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• In my era of wrestling, there were no guaranteed contracts, so it was inherent that you draw the crowd in to make money.

  Jesse Ventura

  Wrestling, Crowds, Eras

  "Interview: Jesse Ventura biography". AskMen Interview, www.askmen.com.

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• Whereas religious prayers sing of peace and harmony, religion has divided human beings through an atrocious history of enmity and bloodshed. Yet, behind the veil of superficiality and hypocrisy, I always believed in the inherent beauty of God that lies at the essence of all true spiritual paths.

  Radhanath Swami

  Spiritual, Religious, Prayer

  "Becoming Hindu and Finding the Essence of All Spiritual Paths" by Radhanath Swami, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 10, 2011.

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• It is a natural impossibility for any man to make a binding contract, by which he shall surrender to others a single one of what are commonly called his 'natural, inherent, inalienable rights.'

  Lysander Spooner

  Men, Rights, Surrender

  Lysander Spooner (1971). “The collected works of Lysander Spooner”

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• As Australians, we see the law as inherently bad. We have a real inherent distaste for authority in our makeup.

  Nick Cave

  Real, Makeup, Law

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• In domestic life the woman's value is inherent, unquantifiable; at home she exchanges proven values for mythological ones. She "wants" to be at home, and because she is a woman she's allowed to want it. This desire is her mystique, it is both what enables her to domesticate herself and what disempowers her.

  Rachel Cusk

  Home, Desire, Want

  "The simmering but stymied rage of stay-at-home mums" by Rachel Cusk, www.theguardian.com. October 9, 2010.

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• The conflict between religion and science is inherent and (very nearly) zero-sum. The success of science often comes at the expense of religious dogma; the maintenance of religious dogma always comes at the expense of science.

  Sam Harris

  Religious, Zero, Maintenance

  "Science Must Destroy Religion" by Sam Harris, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 2, 2006.

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• Over-commercialization and its resulting restrictions and limitations can be very damaging and distorting to the inherent nature of the individual. I did not deliberately abandon my fans, nor did I deliberately abandon any responsibilities.

  Lauryn Hill

  Responsibility, Fans, Individual

  "Singer Lauryn Hill sentenced to 3 months in jail for not tax evasion". www.foxnews.com. May 06, 2013.

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• I think there's just an inherent burden of being alive and being a woman. No man would ever admit that, but I think women know it, which is: You know more than men, you know more than most people you're dealing with every day, and you know that's it up to you to make things move forward, and you get paid half as much, but you just do it.

  Rashida Jones

  Moving, Men, Thinking

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• In the 1950s, we had all these B-grade science-fiction movies. The point was to scare the public and get them to buy popcorn. No attempt was made to create movies that were somewhat inherent to the truth.

  Michio Kaku

  Scare, Popcorn, Fiction

  Interview with Jason Heller, www.avclub.com. April 9, 2009.

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• The first ten, twelve or fifteen years of life are excavated of inherent moral worth in order to accommodate a regimen of basic training for the adult years that many of the poorest children may not even live to know.

  Jonathan Kozol

  Children, Order, Years

  Jonathan Kozol (2012). “Ordinary Resurrections: Children in the Years of Hope”, p.166, Crown

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• The international community lies at the center of the Obama foreign policy. Unfortunately, it is a fiction. There is no such thing. Different countries have different histories, geographies, necessities, and interests. There's no natural, inherent, or enduring international community.

  Charles Krauthammer

  Country, Lying, Community

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• I don't believe there's any inherent darkness at the center of religion at all. I think religion actually is a morally neutral force.

  Ian Mcewan

  Believe, Thinking, Darkness

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• On good days, I can see the inherent goodness in people, and that human beings have a high capacity to learn and adapt. But things like the environment, nuclear weapons and ideas like peak oil - if you think about them too much, they can really freak you out.

  Conor Oberst

  Good Day, Thinking, Ideas

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• As a woman, I have an inherent need to be all things to all people, to make certain everybody's taken care of. I know I can't sustain that level all the time, so I'm finding the proper balance and it's made me infinitely happier.

  Sarah Jessica Parker

  Taken, People, Balance

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• Conventions are unstated agreements within a community to abide by a single way of doing things - not because there is any inherent advantage to the choice, but because there is an advantage to everyone making the same choice.

  Steven Pinker

  Agreement, Choices, Community

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• The artist's job, I think, is to be a conduit for mystery. To intuit it, and recognize that the story-germ has some inherent mystery in it, and sort of midwife that mystery into the story in such a way that it isn't damaged in the process, and may even get heightened or refined.

  George Saunders

  Jobs, Artist, Thinking

  "This Week in Fiction: George Saunders" by Deborah Treisman, www.newyorker.com. October 4, 2012.

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• If you look at coffee, tea, food and juice, we think there are inherent opportunities. If you look at health bars or grab-and-go products that are in our stores, we think we can significantly enhance them and make them more widely available.

  Howard Schultz

  Coffee, Opportunity, Thinking

  "Starbucks at 40: Java juggernaut branches out". Interview with Bruce Horovitz, www.usatoday.com. March 10, 2011.

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• [...] We have to realize that this wound [of loneliness] is inherent in the human condition and that what we have to do is walk with it instead of fleeing from it. We cannot accept it until we discover that we are loved by God just as we are, and that the Holy Spirit in a mysterious way is living at the centre of the wound.

  Jean Vanier

  Loneliness, Fleeing, Way

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