Abroad in the world today is a monstrous falsehood, a consummate fabrication, to which all social agencies have loaned themselves and into which most men, women, and children have been seduced…”the Eleventh Commandment”; for such, indeed, has become the injunction: You Must Adjust. Lindner, Robert M.
Absence cools moderate passions, and inflames violent ones; just as the wind blows out candles, but kindles fires. La Rochefoucauld, François
Absence doth sharpen love, presence strengthens it; the one brings fuel, the other blows it till it burns clear. Overbury, Thomas
Absence from those we love is self from self – a deadly banishment. Shakespeare, William
Accurst ambition, how dearly I have bought you. Dryden, John
Acquaint thyself with God, if thou would’st taste His works. Admitted once to his embrace, Thou shalt perceive that thou was blind before: Thine eye shall be instructed; and thine heart Made pure shall relish with divine delight Till then unfelt, what hands divine have wrought. Cowper, William
Acting is not being emotional, but being able to express emotion. Reid, Kate
Action is coarsened thought; thought becomes concrete, obscure, and unconscious. Amiel, Henri Frederic
Action is the product of the Qualities inherent in Nature. Gita, Bhagavad
Adaptability is not imitation. It means power of resistance and assimilation. Gandhi, Mahatma
Addiction, obesity, starvation (anorexia nervosa) are political problems, not psychiatric: each condenses and expresses a contest between the individual and some other person or persons in his environment over the control of the individual’s body. Szasz, Thomas
Adolescence: a stage between infancy and adultery. Foolish Dictionary
