“Though I have no productive worth, I have a certain value as an indestructible quantity.”
Thoughtful feeling
Thoughtful Quotes — page 68 of 303
“Destitution and excessive luxury develop apparently the same ideals, the same marauding attitude towards mankind, the intensity of struggle for material goods, -- surely showing how perfect is the meeting of extremes.”
“The stubby French painter Toulouse-Lautrec supposedly invented chocolate mousse - I find that rather hard to believe, but there you have it.”
“One does not see his thought distinctly till it is reflected in the image of another's.”
“My life is slowed up by thought and the need to understand what I am living.”
“Are you then unable to recognize unless it has the same sound as yours?”
“I guess he'll have to figure out someday that he is supposed to have this dark side, that it is part of what it means to be human, to have the darkness just as much as the light- that in fact the dark parts make the light visible; without them, the light would disappear. But I guess he has to figure other stuff out first, like how to keep his neck from flopping all over the place and how to sit up.”
“To advise is not to compel.”
“It is much more difficult to judge oneself than to judge others.”
“To find out your real opinion of someone, judge the impression you have when you first see a letter from them.”
“I've learned a lot about fashion through modeling, but you know what they say, mother knows best. She used to tell me, "Your shoes, bags and belt better match before you walk out the door." I love her, but I don't necessarily agree with that advice anymore!”
“There is a time to be quiet and a time to talk.”
“I hid myself within myself ... and quietly wrote down all my joys, sorrows and contempt in my diary.”
“Between craft and credulity, the voice of reason is stifled.”
“I think I will do nothing for a long time but listen, And accrue what I hear into myself...and let sound contribute toward me.”
“I wonder anybody does anything at Oxford but dream and remember”
“There's a time for all things.”
“Not many people are interested in what somebody else is thinking, or what they have to say. The best you can hope for is they'll listen to you just so you'll have to listen to them.”
“Each person tells you who they think they are, and who they think you are.”
“Some mystery should be left in the revelation of character in a play, just as a great deal of mystery is always left in the revelation of character in life, even in one's own character to himself.”