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The human mind, in proportion as it is deprived of external resources, sedulously labors to find within itself the means of happiness, learns to rely with confidence on its own exertions, and gains with greater certainty the power of being happy.

The impulse to acquisition, pursuit of gain, of money, of the greatest possible amount of money, has in itself nothing to do with capitalism. This impulse exists and has existed among waiters, physicians, coachmen, artists, prostitutes, dishonest officials, soldiers, nobles, crusaders, gamblers, and beggars.

The key to social engineering is influencing a person to do something that allows the hacker to gain access to information or your network.

The liquid drops of tears that you have shed Shall come again, transform'd to orient pearl, Advantaging their loan with interest Of ten times double gain of happiness.

The market economy succeeds not because some people's interests are suppressed and other people are kept out of the market, but because people gain individual advantage from it.

The market-place, the eager love of gain, Whose aim is vanity, and whose end is pain!

The Master encouraged us to gain friends, that is, to expand our circle of friends through which we can feel more intensive protection in a spirit of cooperation and through intervening values.

The mere absorption of facts and truths is so exclusively an individual affair that it tends very naturally to pass into selfishness. There is no obvious social motive for the acquirement of mere learning, there is no clear social gain in success thereat.

The miser acquires, yet fears to use his gains.

The mob has nothing to lose, everything to gain.

The moment Germany rises as a great power, France gains a new importance as a cultural power.

The more I see of life the more I perceive that only through solitary communion with nature can one gain an idea of its richness and meaning.

The more I work, the more I see things differently, that is, everything gains in grandeur every day, becomes more and more unknown, more and more beautiful. The closer I come, the grander it is, the more remote it is.

The most amazing achievement of the computer software industry is its continuing cancellation of the steady and staggering gains made by the computer hardware industry.

The most immediate task is to make certain that no state or combination of states gains the capacity to expel the United States from Eurasia or even to diminish significantly its decisive arbitration role.

The most esteemed journalists are precisely the most servile. For it is by making themselves useful to the powerful that they gain access to the "best" sources.

The need for challenge, the need to burst through the constrictions of tasks and situations already seen and mastered, can affect anyone, even those enjoying the greatest gains from success.

The next step in meditation is not just to focus, but to stop thought completely without having to focus; you gain a tremendous amount of personal power.

The one profession where you can gain great eminence without ever being right.

The only reason I took steroids was for my health purposes. I did not take steroids to get any gain for any strength purposes.

The opposite of fragile is something that gains from disorder.

The parties with the most gain never show up on the battlefield.

The paradox of faith is that when we conform our lives to Christ then we gain our true freedom. And its fruit is profound and lasting happiness.

The past few decades of widening inequality can be summed up as significant income and wealth gains for those at the very top and stagnant living standards for the majority.

The poet reminds men of their uniqueness and it is not necessary to possess the ultimate definition of this uniqueness. Even to speculate is a gain.

The point of equilibrium will be known by the criterion that an infinitely small amount of commodity exchanged in addition, at the same rate, will bring neither gain nor loss of utility.

The idea that we criminalize fellow human beings based on optics, based on the need to progress in politics and gain power, and for economic reasons and financial reasons, for financial gains, and we throw out humanization for criminalization.

The important thing about a problem is not its solution, but the strength we gain in finding the solution

The longer the life the more the offense, the more the offense the more the pain, the more the pain the less the defense and the less the defense the less the gain.

The love of gain never made a painter; but it has marred many.

The primary goal isn't a financial gain; it's to put out interesting music.

The presumption that any current opinion is not wholly false, gains in strength according to the number of its adherents.

The principle of investing is that by use you possess and gain, by disuse you decline and lose.

The most efficient action, the most significant testimony to nonviolence, is living a life in which there is no violence-showing that such a life is possible, and even not more difficult than a life of gain, nor more unpleasant than a life of pleasure, nor less natural than an 'ordinary' life.

The power of faith is suspending judgment long enough to gain the rewards available.

The psychic world is a dimensional plane that you can gain access to. It is a dimension of feeling and clear seeing.

The pursuit of material gain is ultimately empty when measured against eternity.

The question to ask about the writer isn't 'Why does he behave so badly?' but 'What does he gain by wearing this mask?

The rapture of pursuing is the prize the vanquished gain.

The reality is that business and investment spending are the true leading indicators of the economy and the stock market. If you want to know where the stock market is headed, forget about consumer spending and retail sales figures. Look to business spending, price inflation, interest rates, and productivity gains.

There are men who gain from their wealth only the fear of losing it.

There are no temptations from which assailed virtue may not gain strength, instead of falling before them, vanquished and subdued.

There are occasions when it is undoubtedly better to incur loss than to make gain.

There are two sides to increasing energy. One is avoiding loss. The other is learning how to gain energy.

There have been periods of my life when I was heavier, like right after high school I definitely gained that freshman 15. It was tough to lose. Ever since then, I know that I can gain weight, so I try to be careful.

There is abundant testimony that if we choose love rather than self, we gain immeasurably.

There is always something to lose. But maybe more to gain.

There is a trade off - as you grow older you gain wisdom but you lose spontaneity.

There is empirical evidence that leading brands that keep investing during recessions gain share.

There is harm not only in trying to gain wealth but also in excessive concern with even the most necessary things. It is not enough to despise wealth, but you must also feed the poor and, more importantly, you must follow Christ.