Quotes About Respect

I consider it poor historical form to make fun of ancestral mistakes without respecting the eros that was linked to them. We are no less in bondage to the Zeitgeist; folly is handed down, we merely don a new cap.

Dafür dass wir, wie auch die Tiere, von den Pflanzen leben, ja ohne sie nicht einmal atmen könnten, genügt kein einfacher Dank – Verehrung ist angebracht.

We ourselves are the last to notice that we are not making any headway. It is brought to our notice from the outside; former students suddenly emerge as our superiors. As we grow older, the respect we receive diminishes: the disproportion between our age and our position becomes evident, first to other people and finally to ourselves. Then it is time to retreat.

I see the pain of miserly love in young people,' I say. 'You don't have that kind of melancholy on your face. But I'm careful not to step on your feet when I speak with you. It's not like dancing. It's like a stone walkway with a little grass between the cracks. It's strong but I will try to tread carefully and not ruin it. In Muslim homes you leave your shoes outside. This is how I behave with you.

Una cosa che non mi può succedere: perdere tempo a leggere il libro di uno scrittore che non stimo e aggiungere la perdita di tempo di scrivere contro.

La paura serve. Intanto è una forma di rispetto e anche di reverenza dovuta all'immensità del luogo che si attraversa. Il timore è la premessa della concentrazione. Non intralcia le mosse, ne aumenta la precisione.

My father was never anti-anything in our house.

They've great respect for the dead in Hollywood, but none for the living.

Me and Tom used to get along first-rate concerning everything. Me and him never had no difficulties like I was always having with my other children. They used to throw rocks at me and hit me over the head with sticks, but Tom never did. Tom was always a first-rate boy when I knowed him.

Because to respect one's own existence, and the existence of others, is in tune with the great universal will, these positive words attracted a flow of shining energy from all over the universe.

I think a lot of people have lost respect for the individual, you know, the individual, the person who doesn't conform.

I'm free. I just do what I want, say what I want, say how I feel, and I don't try to hurt nobody. I just try to make sure that I don't compromise my art in any kind of way, and I think people respect that.

Stephen Weatherby, still filling in for Nick, clears his throat at the podium. "Hey, good to see all of you," he says, which is church-speak for "Please shut up and sit down.

He's younger than you are," she told Mami. "You should be ashamed.

If you are defamed, let time vindicate you — silence is a thousand times better than explanation. Explanations do not explain. Let your life be its own excuse for being — cease all explanations and all apologies and just live your own life. By minding your own business you give others an opportunity to mind theirs; and depend upon it, the great souls will appreciate you for this very thing.' In

It is so important to get respect for what you do and at the same time give it.

Hold it." Then say, "I want to hear what you have to say, and I can't when you're shouting. Can you tell us why without shouting?

Aphrodite had the beauty; Zeus had the thunderbolts. Everyone loved Aphrodite, but everyone listened to Zeus.

The third Law, the Art of Allowing, says: I am that which I am, and I am willing to allow all others to be that which they are.

If I don't ask for your opinion, I don't want it.

Our partner's sexuality does not belong to us. It isn't just for and about us, and we should not assume that it rightfully falls within our jurisdiction.

The fascination with historical-critical theology, to which many evangelicals have unfortunately more or less succumbed, lies in its claim to be scientific. It is considered necessary to respect scientific results. But what goes unnoticed is that these "results" are often nothing more than unproven hypotheses that are forcefully declared to be facts once they have found broad agreement.

He tells them that there is a line that separates killing bugs from killing frogs, and that no matter how hard it is, that line must never be crossed

Me, when it comes to religion, I have no God. When I'm cool, I don't need anyone, and when I'm feeling shitty and this big empty hole opens up inside me, I just know there's never been a god that could fill it and there never will be. So even if a hundred rabbis pray for my lost soul, it won't do them any good. I have no God, but my sister does, and I love her, so I try to show him some respect.