“Remember that our reactions are a product of our perceptions, and our perceptions are a result of what is at the center of our life.”
Thoughtful feeling
Thoughtful Quotes — page 47 of 303
“One thing, I try to be honest. And what is revealed is often rather hideously unflattering.”
“That word is 'willing.' It's an attitude and spirit of cooperation that should permeate our conversations. It's like a palm tree by the ocean that endures the greatest winds because it knows how to gracefully bend.”
“"It must be inconvenient to be made of flesh," said the Scarecrow thoughtfully, "for you must sleep, and eat and drink. However, you have brains, and it is worth a lot of bother to be able to think properly."”
“With anything, you have to approach from an educational, mature standpoint.”
“This letter gives me a tongue; and were I not allowed to write, I should be dumb. [Lat., Praebet mihi littera linguam: Et, si non liceat scribere, mutus ero.]”
“How deeply did you learn to let go?”
“True politeness is to social life what oil is to machinery, a thing to oil the ruts and grooves of existence. False politeness can shine without warming and glitter without vivifying.”
“Learn to know yourself... to search realistically and regularly the processes of your own mind and feelings.”
“Dress not thy thoughts in too fine a raiment. And be not a man of superfluous words or superfluous deeds.”
“Letters are just pieces of paper," I said. "Burn them, and what stays in your heart will stay; keep them, and what vanishes will vanish.”
“Politeness is a desire to be treated politely, and to be esteemed polite oneself.”
“It belongs to every large nature, when it is not under the immediate power of some strong unquestioning emotion, to suspect itself, and doubt the truth of its own impressions, conscious of possibilities beyond its own horizon.”
“If any speak ill of thee, fly home to thy own conscience and examine thy heart. If thou art guilty, it is a just correction; if not guilty, it is a fair instruction.”
“Only parts of us will ever touch only parts of others.”
“When you can, always advise people to do what you see they really want to do. Doing what they want to do, they may succeed; doing what they don't want to do, they won't”
“I think there's an appetite for seriousness. Seriousness is voluptuous, and very few people have allowed themselves the luxury of it.”
“Though people may read more into Ulysses than I ever intended, who is to say that they are wrong: do any of us know what we are creating?Which of us can control our scribblings? They are the script of one's personality like your voice or your walk”
“I think grooming is definitely undervalued by men. We all expect women to be fully groomed, which they do. But I also think it's just as important for a man to look fresh and clean.”
“To say the least, a town life makes one more tolerant and liberal in one's judgment of others.”