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But this is seriously affected by that doctrine which attempts to regard the Cosmos as self-governing and self-sufficing, needing nothing, and failing in nothing.

From Naturalism And Religion by Otto, Rudolf

In some men, the passion to succeed is clogged by the fear of failure; in others, the sense of their greatness is self-sufficing and indisposes them to effort.

From Studies in Contemporary Biography by Bryce, James Bryce, Viscount

I see her confessing that she was not so self-sufficing, so independent of sympathy, as people thought.

From Shirley by Brontë, Charlotte

But Eastern manners need scarcely be called in to explain a sentiment which we find repeated by one who is generally esteemed the most self-sufficing of Europeans.

From The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Genesis by Dods, Marcus

Despite His so-called self-sufficiency, man is not very self-sufficing, after all.

From The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Exodus by Chadwick, G. A.