“I don't think we should read for instruction but to give our souls a chance to luxuriate.”
Thoughtful feeling
Thoughtful Quotes — page 71 of 303
“Somewhere along the way one discovers that what one has to tell is not nearly so important as the telling itself.”
“As a rule, there is no surer way to the dislike of men than to behave well where they have behaved badly.”
“I have always been more interested in persons than in people.”
“I think about the meaning of pain. Pain is personal. It really belongs to the one feeling it. Probably the only thing that is your own. I like mine.”
“Three silences there are: the first of speech, the second of desire, the third of thought.”
“Not to him who is offensive to us are we most unfair, but to him who doth not concern us at all.”
“A great disaster is a symbol to us to remember all the big things of life and forget the small things, of which we have thought too much.”
“People think that coaches are always right, but it's difficult to teach a runner how to run, because every runner is different. You have to have an understanding of how to assist what that runner has, so they know how to assist what you have without taking away your special ability, because you're not like anybody else.”
“I've always thought comparisons were useless and ugly. It is a short cut to thinking.”
“As states subsist in part by keeping their weaknesses from being known, so is it the quiet of families to have their chancery and their parliament within doors, and to compose and determine all emergent differences there.”
“If a story is not about the hearer, he will not listen. And here I make a rule—a great and interesting story is about everyone or it will not last.”
“The etiquette of intimacy is very different from the etiquette of formality, but manners are not just something to show off to the outside world. If you offend the head waiter, you can always go to another restaurant. If you offend the person you live with, it's very cumbersome to switch to a different family.”
“Good that you ask. You should always ask, always have doubts.”
“Truly it is reasonable to make a great distinction between the faults that come from our weakness and those that come from our wickedness.”
“Our vocation, to be beautiful, must be full of thought for others.”
“A little kingdom I possess, where thoughts and feelings dwell; And very hard the task I find of governing it well.”
“For the sake of the sons - and even for the son's future wives - a woman must keep a part of her mind and heart entirely for herself. Every family is better off with a wife and mother who can astonish and occasionally dewilder.”
“People who talk only of themselves think only of themselves.”
“In fact, merely writing the facts on a piece of paper and stating our problem clearly goes a long way toward helping us to reach a sensible decision.”