“The time comes upon every public man when it is best for him to keep his lips closed.”
Thoughtful feeling
Thoughtful Quotes — page 28 of 303
“The more articulate somebody is, the more suspicious I am of them. I like to feel that the important things remain unsaid.”
“Whatever you get paid attention for is never what you think is most important about yourself.”
“The greater the man the greater the courtesy.”
“Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I stood And looked down one as far as I could To where it bent in the undergrowth.”
“The most important things are the hardest to say”
“Judge the moth by the beauty of the candle”
“Why am I as I am? To understand that of any person, his whole life, from Birth must be reviewed. All of our experiences fuse into our personality. Everything that ever happened to us is an ingredient.”
“An hour is not merely an hour, it is a vase full of scents and sounds and projects and climates.”
“How easy it is to see your brother's faults, How hard it is to face your own.”
“Be not unwilling in what thou doest, neither selfish nor unadvised nor obstinate; let not over-refinement deck out thy thought; be not wordy nor a busybody.”
“We should be as careful of our words as of our actions.”
“Words are plentiful; deeds are precious.”
“I don't dream a lot. But whenever I dream, I just dream about the day I just had or something like that. Mostly that's what I dream about. I dream about that current day. Other than that, I don't dream a lot.”
“You cannot judge any man beyond your knowledge of him, and how small is your knowledge.”
“Well chosen words mixed with measured emotions is the basis of affecting people.”
“Look closely at those who patronize you. Half are unfeeling, half untaught.”
“We often think more highly of ourselves than we ought to, and it's easy to judge others and be critical of their weaknesses and shortcomings. But this self-righteous attitude is a sin that we can be blinded to because we're so focused on what the other person did wrong. The reality is this attitude is worse than the wrong behavior we're judging.”
“Short stories demand a certain awareness of one's own intentions, a certain narrowing of the focus.”
“Stop the habit of wishful thinking and start the habit of thoughtful wishes.”