It is your concern when your neighbor's wall is on fire.
It is a sign of a dull nature to occupy oneself deeply in matters that concern the body; for instance, to be over much occupied about exercise, about eating and drinking, about easing oneself, about sexual intercourse.
John wrote with a very deep love for the human race and a concern for its future.
Concern should drive us into action and not into a depression. No man is free who cannot control himself.
The sound was my greatest concern. There were certain difficulties getting used to the way every musician can hear his or herself, the way each of them relates to the musician in the next seat.
Social improvement is attained more readily by a concern with the quality of results than with the purity of motives.
For my future I have no concern, and as a true philosopher, I never would have any, for I know not what it may be: as a Christian, on the other hand, faith must believe without discussion, and the stronger it is, the more it keeps silent.
The truly proud man knows neither superiors or inferiors. The first he does not admit of - the last he does not concern himself about.
The worst state of affairs is when science begins to concern itself with art.
My health is the No. 1 concern and my longevity is the No. 1 concern.
Much of what we now consider to be problems concerning immigration and assimilation really concern Mexican immigration and assimilation.
Those placed in the position which I now occupy, commonly feel concern about their worthiness to receive the great honour which has been done them.
I did not dwell on the issue of Europe during either the 2001 or the 2005 campaigns - despite it being a pivotal personal concern and despite seeing it as something of a litmus test for liberal democracy.
We are reinventing the world. We've set the ball spinning with little concern for where and how it's going to stop.
When I look at the chaotic and volatile debate right now, both in Germany and around the world, my impression and concern is that the daily barrage of proposals and political statements is making markets and consumers even more nervous. Still, Brussels is pressing for a joint European approach.
I wanted to prove that I could do something, so I made a short film. That was in fact my main concern, to be able to show that I could do one.
Same sex marriage, it's not a big concern to me.
A subject which at first glance seems quite removed from the undeclared concern of the book can encapsulate that concern.
The relations between rhetoric and ethics are disturbing: the ease with which language can be twisted is worrisome, and the fact that our minds accept these perverse games so docilely is no less cause for concern.
Love of country, subordination of personal interests to the common good, concern and care for the helpless and the impoverished - these are among the lost and faded values that we seek to recover and revitalize as we commence our journey towards a better Philippines.
Our concern for the loss of our friends is not always from a sense of their worth, but rather of our own need of them and that we have lost some who had a good opinion of us.
We have to make philosophy itself an object of philosophical concern.
A drop in younger children visiting libraries is of great concern. As children's laureate, I am passionate about the role of libraries, both in schools and in the wider community. They are unique places where children can begin their journey as readers, as well as being creative hubs.
Human progress is neither automatic nor inevitable... Every step toward the goal of justice requires sacrifice, suffering, and struggle; the tireless exertions and passionate concern of dedicated individuals.
Israel has a security concern involving geography. But geography does not have the same value it did in 1967.
As a practicing Jew, I have studied with Christian teachers whom I respect for who they are and what they are, including their positive concern with Jews and Judaism.
Ruskin's concern for art education applied to the development of the power of the hand and eye for everyone.
There was concern whether SCI FI would want the show back with all the recent changes. But now, the changes have made it feel fresh, like starting over.
Lots of people working in cryptography have no deep concern with real application issues. They are trying to discover things clever enough to write papers about.
The least pain in our little finger gives us more concern and uneasiness than the destruction of millions of our fellow-beings.
Aside from my son, no person has ever shown for me the gentle concern I knew from Governor Adlai Stevenson.
I'm letting inspiration move me, in whatever direction it may, without concern if this sounds too rap or too indie, or there's too many words in it.
It is vitally important for me, both personally and for my writing, to be able to return to China freely, so being barred entry has caused me deep concern and distress.
Everyone knows about the substantive issues of concern, like federal health care, but very little is said about the process, the lack of accountability.
I have never, ever talked about my orientation or sexuality because whether I am heterosexual, homosexual, bisexual, asexual, it is my concern. I refuse to talk about it... I have not been brought up to talk about my sex life.
Some statements concern the conscious states of the animal, what he is to himself as an inner life; others concern his original and acquired ways of response, his behavior, what he is an outside observer.
