“I don't try to project any image at all, other than the person that I am.”
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Thoughtful Quotes — page 23 of 303
“We need to look at the whole society and think, "Are we actually thinking about what we're doing as we go forward, and are we preserving the really important values that we have in society? Are we keeping it democratic, and open, and so on?"”
“Sometimes when you're relegated to your neighborhood, you forget that there's more important things than your neighborhood going on out in the world.”
“When you begin to see that your enemy is suffering, that is the beginning of insight.”
“Cameras get in the way of seeing.”
“When you judge someone on their appearance or first words, you miss the opportunity to understand another human being.”
“You lose your grip, and then you slip into the Masterpiece.”
“We make up any excuse to preserve myths about people we love, but the reverse is also true; if we dislike an individual we adamantly resist changing our opinion, even when somebody offers proof of his decency, because it's vital to have myths about both the gods and devils in our lives.”
“Do not judge, and you will never be mistaken.”
“I think people talk too much; that's the truth of the matter. I do. I don't believe in words. People use too many words and usually wrongly. I am sure that in the distant future people will talk much less and in a more essential way. If people talk a lot less, they will be happier. Don't ask me why.”
“Talk about your own mistakes before criticizing the other person.”
“I wish the country had fewer lawyers and more engineers.”
“Whatever you believe, be open to being wrong”
“My guiding principles in life are to be honest, genuine, thoughtful and caring.”
“We write to taste life twice, in the moment, and in retrospection.”
“Most of the basic material a writer works with is acquired before the age of fifteen.”
“Retain, even in opposition, your capacity for astonishment.”
“Outward judgment often fails, inward judgment never.”
“Make it a rule never to give a child a book you would not read yourself.”
“My two great heroes are W. B. Yeats and Federico Garcia Lorca.”