“Proclaim not all thou knowest, all thou knowest, all thou hast, nor all thou cans't.”
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Thoughtful Quotes — page 153 of 303
“It is a light thing for whoever keeps his foot outside trouble to advise and counsel him that suffers.”
“Don't you know this, that words are doctors to a diseased temperment?”
“It deserves and warrants conversation because somebody is saying, 'Hey, this offends me,'”
“Review your list as often as you need to get them off your mind.”
“You can fool everyone else, but you can't fool your own mind.”
“There are no interruptions, only mismanaged inputs”
“I don't like to read things that people write about me. I'd rather read what kids have to say about me, because it's not their profession to do that.”
“It's all very confusing. I think I'm very honest and candid, but I'm also proud of how honest and candid I am -- so where does that put me?”
“What is easy and obvious is never valued; and even what is in itself difficult, if we come to knowledge of it without difficulty, and without and stretch of thought or judgment, is but little regarded.”
“I got an early education from television.”
“In the past there were too many portraits of Chairman Mao in China. They were hung everywhere. That was not proper and it didn't really show respect for Chairman Mao.”
“There was a feeling, not sudden, but complete, as though I had been given a small object to hold unseen in my hands. Precious as opal, smooth as jade, weighty as a river stone, more fragile than a bird's egg. Infinitely still, live as the root of Creation. Not a gift, but a trust. Fiercely to cherish, softly to guard. The words spoke themselves and disappeared into the groined shadows of the roof.”
“An important aspect of the ebbing of sex was that other things became interesting. Sex obliterates the individuality of young women more often than it does that of young men, because so much more of a woman than a man is used by sex.”
“I think your values are always influenced by your family and your community.”
“I really think you stare at yourself and you see things.”
“I was lucky in the sense that I was never blessed with an overly reflective nature.”
“They say of me, and so they should, It's doubtful if I come to good.”
“They say of me, and so they should, It's doubtful if I come to good. I see acquaintances and friends Accumulating dividends And making enviable names In science, art and parlor games. But I, despite expert advice, Keep doing things I think are nice, And though to good I never come Inseparable my nose and thumb.”
“I asked my mother I said, "You divorced my dad, how did you decide? She said, "I decided twelve years before he knew it." I was like wow; I'm learning something new every day.”