“We discover ourselves through others.”
Thoughtful feeling
Thoughtful Quotes — page 19 of 303
“Better to be without logic than without feeling.”
“It is better to be beautiful than to be good. But... it is better to be good than to be ugly.”
“Most events recorded in history are more remarkable than important, like eclipses of the sun and moon, by which all are attracted,but whose effects no one takes the trouble to calculate.”
“Let us not forget that the reasons for human actions are usually incalculably more complex and diverse than we tend to explain them later, and are seldom clearly manifest.”
“Do not say, 'When I have leisure, I will study,' because you may never have leisure.”
“Nietzsche had a little one-liner on how to choose a wife. He said, ''Are you willing to have a conversation with this woman for the next forty years?'' That's how to pick a wife.”
“One is always in the dark about one's own personality. One needs others to get to know oneself.”
“A person who has spoiled his stomach will criticize his meal saying that the food is bad; the same thing happens with people who are not satisfied with their lives”
“I find it fascinating that most people plan their vacation with better care than they do their lives. Perhaps that is because escape is easier than change”
“Lord, please give me big ears and a thoughtful mind. Teach me to ask well and see it through other’s eyes.”
“Put every great teacher in a room, and they'd agree about everything, but put their disciples in there and they'd argue about everything.”
“The problem is that we attempt to solve the simplest questions cleverly, thereby rendering them unusually complex. One should seekthe simple solution.”
“The only questions that really matter are the ones you ask yourself.”
“The books which help you most are those which make you think the most. The hardest way of learning is by easy reading; every man that tries it finds it so. But a great book that comes from a great thinker, — it is a ship of thought, deep freighted with truth, with beauty too.”
“To agree without understanding is inane. To disagree without understanding is impudent.”
“Tell the audience what you're going to say, say it; then tell them what you've said.”
“To be aware of a single shortcoming within oneself is more useful than to be aware of a thousand in somebody else. Rather than speaking badly about people and in ways that will produce friction and unrest in their lives, we should practice a purer perception of them, and when we speak of others, speak of their good qualities.”
“Analyze yourself. All emotions are reflected in the body and mind. Envy and fear cause the face to pale, love makes it glow.”
“Honesty and openness is always the foundation of insightful dialogue.”