The soul is stronger than its surroundings.
The man who has no inner-life is a slave to his surroundings.
I have a lot of chameleon qualities, I get very absorbed in my surroundings.
All things in the world are singing a song, reciting a poem, inaudibly, to their surroundings, to the things they encounter.
You have to invest in yourself and your surroundings.
Why should we tolerate a diet of weak poisons, a home in insipid surroundings, a circle of acquaintances who are not quite our enemies, the noise of motors with just enough relief to prevent insanity? Who would want to live in a world which is just not quite fatal?
The individual whose vision encompasses the whole world often feels nowhere so hedged in and out of touch with his surroundings as in his native land.
The last thing a fish would ever notice would be water.
You govern your surroundings by the nature of what is taking place in your consciousness.
Managers construct, rearrange, single out, and demolish many 'objective' features of their surroundings. When people act they unrandomize variables, insert vestiges of orderliness, and literally create their own constraints.
But if each man could have his own house, a large garden to cultivate and healthy surroundings - then, I thought, there will be for them a better opportunity of a happy family life
Study lends a kind of enchantment to all our surroundings.
Swimming is normal for me. I'm relaxed. I'm comfortable, and I know my surroundings. It's my home.
The march to our duty here, not merely to ourselves, but to our surroundings, must proceed. God wills it.
I think the environment should be put in the category of our national security. Defense of our resources is just as important as defense abroad. Otherwise what is there to defend?
There is an expression-walking with beauty. And I believe that this endless search for beauty in surroundings, in people and one's personal life, is the headstone of travel.
The aim of all Christian education, moreover, is to train the believer in an adult faith that can make him a "new creation", capable of bearing witness in his surroundings to the Christian hope that inspires him.
It is horrifying that we have to fight our own government to save the environment.
My daily surroundings feed my work, whether it's something I'm working on right now or it's something down the road.
Environment is stronger than will.
A visit to a cinema is a little outing in itself. It breaks the monotony of an afternoon or evening; it gives a change from the surroundings of home, however pleasant.
Whenever we make changes in our surroundings, we can too easily shortchange ourselves, by cutting ourselves off from some of the sights and sounds, the shapes or textures, or other information from a place that have helped mold our understanding and are now necessary for us to thrive. Overdevelopment and urban sprawl can damage our own lives as much as they damage our cities and countryside.
Most of us choose our companions and surroundings to reflect ourselves.
The real self is who you are when you're at home, when you're comfortable, and the false self is what you're pretending - and the reason you pretend is because you want to create a character for the surroundings you're within.
But his dreams were as gigantic as his surroundings were small.
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