Long ago man formed an ideal conception of omnipotence and omniscience which he embodied in his gods. Whatever seemed unattainable to his desires - or forbidden to him - he attributed to these gods. . . Now he has himself approached very near to realizing this ideal, he has nearly become a god himself.
At times we feel something is going to pierce the silence we are living in; after a while we realize it's the silence.
We should realize that our deadliest enemies are anger and other delusions. Since these delusions are deeply ingrained mental habits, working to overcome them is not always easy.
When God gives you some opportunities, it is almost like a process that you do not even realize what is recurring at the moment.
Stories are the untested, uninvestigated theories that tell us what all these things mean. We don’t even realize that they’re just theories.
The excitement for me lies not so much in interviewing the hard-to-get famous person, but the person whom you are about to discover. You know, like maybe the character actors who are just coming into their own and you're realizing how great they are.
You realize you have no control over how you're perceived.
The church that will not give up will be outdated and passed by, quicker than they realize.
You need to find the power within to make [things] happen for yourself. When you realize this, you are unstoppable.
I realize that, while often happy and often cheerful, I am always sad.
The thing that made me turn more towards writing was realizing how hard it was going to be to get a singular vision on film and how much more control I would have if I were writing novels.
Stop. Stop everything. Then you will realize you are the freedom you have been searching for.
Whether it was working on theatre sets or stage lighting, I didn't realize most all of the skills I was exposed to were going to come in handy later on when I became a designer.
Realizing the doctrine of dependent-arising, the wise do not at all partake of extreme views
Here's the thing about global warming that I didn't realize: it would all happen at once.
The true lover realizes that freedom is needed for loyalty to blossom.
Only by coming to grips with difficulty can you realize your full potential.
The things that I dislike passionately, I have come to realize, are also part of me.
You don't realize how much a part of your character is part of yourself until you are no longer playing that character.
The most important person in the motion picture process is the writer. . . and we must do everything in our power to prevent them from ever realizing it.
