Quotes About Intrinsic

The simply complete thing, then, is that which is always chosen for itself and never on account of something else.

We do not exist for the sake of something else. We exist for the sake of ourselves.

Human's intrinsic nature manifest in it's misunderstandings

Who doesn't know that the dog is the epitome of devotion? But it's this devotion to humans, so instinctual that it's given freely even to persons who are unworthy of it, that has made me prefer cats. Give me a pet that can get along without me.

That's what's so wonderful about you, you're so self-sufficient that I feel that you've created your own self.

Because I know what it feels like to be used, valued only for what you can do... not who you are, not who you want to be.

Like most other things not apparently useful to man, it has few friends, and the blind question "Why was it made?' goes on and on, with never a guess that first of all it might have been made for itself.

If I have a deeper relationship with myself, my roots go downwards toward an intrinsic sense of worth, not outward toward an extrinsic search for validation, not even in a conditional and often fleeting reputation with myself.

Nature is not tailored to man. It exists for itself.

Beauty is not caused. It is.

We are not yet in possession of anything deserving the name of political science ... the intrinsic difficulties of creating one are almost insurmountable; and ... in most cases those who attempt the task employ methods essentially arbitrary, and predestined from the beginning to be unfruitful.

See, that's all you're thinking about, is winning. You're confirming your sense of self- worth through outward reward instead of through inner appreciation.

Only that thing is free which exists by the necessities of its own nature, and is determined in its actions by itself alone.

By substance, I mean that which is in itself, and is conceived through itself: in

I mean, for me, the reason I ride my bike and race is because I love doing it, not because I'm seeking recognition for it.

We know that recognition and intrinsic motivation are important to our success, but the key is finding ways to effectively operationalize them.

Today, with a recording, he can hear the thing enough times until he really gets acquainted with the language, and then he can begin to make an estimate of the intrinsic, aesthetic value of that piece of music.

You can tell if there's magic in something. When you start it, you want to finish it and you want it to be perfect. If you're not inspired, and you're working hard to pull inspiration from somewhere and make a song something it's not, then it's very contrived, and I don't like to write music that's contrived.

Nature didn't need an operation to be beautiful. It just was.

Every man is born to one possession which out values all his others - his last breath.

Some people are beautiful. Not in looks. Not in what they say. Just in what they are.

Ljudi su ponekad prelijepi. Ne zbog izgleda. Ne zbog onoga Å¡to govore. Nego zbog onoga Å¡to jesu.

Sometimes people are beautiful Not in looks Not in what they say Just in what they are

It is part of you, and you are a man worth knowing