I have never been insecure, ever, about how I look, about what I want to do with myself. My mum told me to only ever do things for myself, not for... →
Adele
In primary school in south-eastern Nigeria, I was taught that Hosni Mubarak was the president of Egypt. I learned the same thing in secondary school.... →
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
In the film industry, we tend to pick up where others have left off, and I'd like to think the influences I picked up from Bruce Lee, Jackie... →
Scott Adkins
When we ask for love, we don't ask others to be fair to us-but rather to care for us, to be considerate of us. There is a world of difference... →
Mortimer Adler
We are selfish when we are exclusively or predominantly concerned with the good for ourselves. We are altruistic when we are exclusively or... →
Ask others about themselves, at the same time, be on guard not to talk too much about yourself.
He who stands aloof runs the risk of believing himself better than others and misusing his critique of society as an ideology for his private... →
Theodor Adorno
If time is money, it seems moral to save time, above all one's own, and such parsimony is excused by consideration for others. One is... →
The most powerful person is he who is able to do least himself and burden others most with the things for which he lends his name and pockets the... →
The almost insoluble task is to let neither the power of others, nor our own powerlessness, stupefy us.