Sentence examples for permit oneself from inspiring English sources

Those qualities which bring you near to the one estrange you from the other" — one might permit oneself to be repelled or, rather, to think, How extraordinary to be governed by such an economy.

Those qualities which bring you near to the one estrange you from the other"—one might permit oneself to be repelled or, rather, to think, How extraordinary to be governed by such an economy.

For so many people, the first step to better intimacy is simply permitting oneself to have it.

The event demonstrated that despite all of the obstacles imposed, be they cultural, social, artistic, or economic, there's a raw and formidable power in permitting oneself to feel a sense of agency and then to act upon it.

It is far more entertaining, stimulating, enlivening and, not incidentally, useful to other people to continue as full and varied a round of activities as one's health and situation permit and to involve oneself in one's community, including its politics.

At a master class in Paul Hall, Christie stressed the creative dimension of early-music playing — the opportunity to express oneself in a way that mainstream classical performance generally does not permit.

The rules at the temporary tribunals and at the permanent International Criminal Court, all created in the past two decades, say that representing oneself at trial is a fundamental right, even though many countries do not permit this in their national systems.

Religion means understanding oneself.

The craft one learns oneself.

The heaven was being oneself.

Justice does not permit anything of the sort; it demands seclusion, it requires sorrow rather than anger, and it prescribes the most careful abstention from all the nice pleasures of putting oneself in the limelight.