“If you reveal your secrets to the wind, you should not blame the wind for revealing them to the trees.”
Thoughtful feeling
Thoughtful Quotes — page 8 of 303
“You never knew about people, like you never knew how deep a pond was because all you saw was the top.”
“Be beautiful if you can, wise if you want to, but be respected - that is essential.”
“If you are irritated by every rub, how will your mirror be polished?”
“Most people do not listen with the intent to understand; they listen with the intent to reply.”
“You can listen to what people say, sure. But you will be far more effective if you listen to what people do.”
“Whenever you feel like criticizing any one... just remember that all the people in this world haven't had the advantages that you've had.”
“They that will not be counseled, cannot be helped. If you do not hear reason she will rap you on the knuckles.”
“Ordinary people who know nothing of phonetics or elocution have difficulties in understanding slow speech composed of perfect sounds, while they have no difficulty in comprehending an imperfect gabble if only the accent and rhythm are natural.”
“A conversation is a dialogue, not a monologue. That's why there are so few good conversations: due to scarcity, two intelligent talkers seldom meet.”
“Thoughts are the shadows of our feelings - always darker, emptier and simpler.”
“Learn to get from the day. Not just get through it, get from it. Soak it up. Each day is a piece of the mosaic of your life.”
“Since we astronomers are priests of the highest God in regard to the book of nature, it befits us to be thoughtful, not of the glory of our minds, but rather, above all else, of the glory of God.”
“Mystery is an intellectual process... But suspense is essentially an emotional process.”
“You will never be able to experience everything. So, please, do poetical justice to your soul and simply experience yourself.”
“Study without desire spoils the memory, and it retains nothing that it takes in.”
“When making a decision of minor importance, I have always found it advantageous to consider all the pros and cons. In vital matters, however, such as the choice of a mate or a profession, the decision should come from the unconscious, from somewhere within ourselves. In the important decisions of personal life, we should be governed, I think, by the deep inner needs of our nature.”
“Neither poetry, nor ambition, nor love have any alertness of countenance as they pass by me.”
“Respect all the reasonable forms of activity in which the child engages and try to understand them.”
“Where I was born and where and how I have lived is unimportant. It is what I have done with where I have been that should be of interest.”