“Some will read only old books, as if there were no valuable truths to be discovered in modern publications: others will only read new books, as if some valuable truths are not among the old. Some will not read a book because they know the author: others . . . would also read the man.”
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Thoughtful Quotes — page 118 of 303
“Party is organized opinion.”
“What wonderful things are events! The least are of greater importance than the most sublime and comprehensive speculations.”
“Search others for their virtues, thyself for thy vices.”
“Speak with contempt of none, from slave to king, The meanest Bee hath, and will use, a sting.”
“Take counsel in wine, but resolve afterwards in water.”
“Never take a wife till thou hast a house (and a fire) to put her in.”
“Do not, however, mistake me. It is not to my good friend's heresy that I impute his honesty. On the contrary, 'tis his honesty that brought upon him the character of a heretic.”
“Great Modesty often hides great Merit.”
“The least outlay is not always the greatest gain.”
“We often despise what is most useful to us.”
“Distrust interested advice.”
“Do nothing without regard to the consequences.”
“Most often, the reason something is "on your mind" is that you want it to be different than it currently is, and yet: you haven't clarified exactly what the intended outcomes is; you haven't decided what the very next physical action step is; and/or you haven't put reminders of the outcome and the action required in a system you trust. That's why it's on your mind.”
“I'm bemused by the whole Robbie Williams aspect of British pop. Posh Spice? It all looks like cruise ship entertainment to me.”
“I turned myself to face me, but I've never caught a glimpse of how the others must see the faker.”
“This is not a matter of virtue-it's a matter of my choosing to do the work of somehow altering or getting free of my natural, hard-wired default-setting, which is to be deeply and literally self-centered, and to see and interpret everything through this lens of self.”
“The entire ball game, in terms of both the exam and life, was what you gave attention to vs. what you willed yourself to not.”
“I would be lying if I said the journalism doesn't reflect my own choices as a reporter and a writer: what to say, what to emphasize, how to say it, what is true or untrue.”
“I urge people to get in touch with how you really feel, and don't lie to yourself. Absolutely don't. You may not necessarily be able to change something right now, but you need to know how you really feel.”