“The same passions in man and woman nonetheless differ in tempo; hence man and woman do not cease misunderstanding one another.”
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Thoughtful Quotes — page 48 of 303
“It is hard enough to remember my opinions, without also remembering my reasons for them!”
“The surest sign of the estrangement of the opinions of two persons is when they both say something ironical to each other and neither of them feels the irony.”
“Lying to ourselves is more deeply ingrained than lying to others.”
“I have a theory about marriage, Monsieur Boustouler. And it’s that nearly always you will know within two weeks if it’s going to work. It’s astonishing how many people remain shackled for years, decades even, in a protracted and mutual state of self-delusion and false hope when in fact they had their answer in those first two weeks.”
“We are all ignorant; just about different things.”
“I like the truth sometimes, but I don't care enough for it to hanker after it.”
“Don't explain your author, read him right and he explains himself.”
“I reject get-it-done, make-it-happen thinking. I want to slow things down so I understand others better.”
“When I was at school you got an overall general education, on many things, even just basic facts.”
“A thing is worth what it can do for you, not what you choose to pay for it.”
“So many of us know what we are against, but not what we are for-what we disbelieve, not what we believe. A negative life easily becomes neutral and futile.”
“Those who never retract their opinions love themselves more than they love the truth.”
“Maybe our favorite quotations say more about us than about the stories and people we're quoting.”
“I like to see and understand a space, to hear everyone's point of view in order to respond to many different needs.”
“I am very averse to bringing myself forward in print, but as my account will only appear as an appendage to a former production, and as it will be confined to such topics as have connection with my authorship alone, I can hardly accuse myself of a personal intrusion.”
“The worthiest man to be known, and for a pattern to be presented to the world, he is the man of whom we have most certain knowledge. He hath been declared and enlightened by the most clear-seeing men that ever were; the testimonies we have of him are in faithfulness and sufficiency most admirable.”
“Believing things on authority only means believing them because you have been told them by someone you think trustworthy. Ninety-nine per cent of the things you believe are believed on authority... Every historical event in the world is believed on authority. None of us has seen the Norman Conquest or the defeat of the Armada.”
“Don't express your ideas too clearly. Most people think little of what they understand, and venerate what they do not.”
“There is no time to leave important words unsaid.”