As knowledge increases, the verdict of yesterday must be reversed today, and in the long run the most positive authority is the least to be trusted.
. . . we all know the wag's definition of a philanthropist: a man whose charity increases directly as the square of the distance.
The Pride of ancestry increases in the ratio of distance.
The unconscious is not a demoniacal monster, but a natural entity which, as far as moral sense, aesthetic taste, and intellectual judgment go, is completely neutral. It only becomes dangerous when our conscious attitude to it is hopelessly wrong. To the degree that we repress it, its danger increases.
When focus increases, options decrease.
Our current perception is very cloudy and all screwed up. As our perception increases through meditation, we're seeing life more correctly.
Population, when unchecked, goes on doubling itself every 25 years or increases in a geometrical ratio.
Disorder increases with time because we measure time in the direction in which disorder increases.
Knowledge increases in proportion to its use; that is, the more we teach the more we learn.
Mental pain is less dramatic than physical pain, but it is more common and also more hard to bear. The frequent attempt to conceal mental pain increases the burden: it is easier to say “My tooth is aching” than to say “My heart is broken.
When one fib becomes due as it were, you must forge another to take up the old acceptance; and so the stock of your lies in circulation inevitably multiplies, and the danger of detection increases every day.
You can't use up creativity, creative thinking builds on itself and increases the creativity of the thinker. . . You can't use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.
Unskilled and inexperienced workers are the ones most often deprived of employment opportunities by increases in the minimum wage.
The glory of my name increases my shame. Less known by mortals, I could better escape their eyes.
Consciousness of our strength increases it.
When we care for others our own strength to live increases. When we help people expand their state of life, our lives also expand. Actions to benefit others are not separate from actions to benefit oneself. Our lives and the lives of others are ultimately inseparable.
As your organizational authority increases, your organizational IQ decreases.
Subsistence increases only in an arithmetical ratio.
It is never a good practice to continue to sleep after sunrise. We should not think of staying in bed once we are awake; it increases laziness and dullness. Those who cannot decrease the amount of sleep quickly may do it in gradual stages. Those who do regular spiritual practice do not need much sleep.
Committing to happiness increases your chances for success.
