“The ideal teacher guides his students but does not pull them along; he urges them to go forward and does not suppress them; he opens the way but does not take them to the place.”
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Wise Quotes — page 105 of 916
“A youth is to be regarded with respect. How do we know that his future will not be equal to our present?”
“It has been my experience that one cannot, in any shape or form, depend on human relations for lasting reward. It is only work that truly satisfies.”
“There's only one trick in software, and that is using a piece of software that's already been written.”
“You can't be wise and in love at the same time.”
“First thought, best thought.”
“When you choose your friends, don't be short-changed by choosing personality over character.”
“Wisdom is avoiding all thoughts that weaken you.”
“Had the doctrines of Jesus been preached always as pure as they came from his lips, the whole civilized world would now have been Christians.”
“The afternoon knows what the morning never suspected.”
“A man will treat a woman almost exactly the way he treats his own interior feminine. In fact, he hasn't the ability to see a woman, objectively speaking, until he has made some kind of peace with his interior woman.”
“Neglect of mathematics work injury to all knowledge, since he who is ignorant of it cannot know the other sciences or things of this world. And what is worst, those who are thus ignorant are unable to perceive their own ignorance, and so do not seek a remedy.”
“Surround yourself with people who are smarter than you.”
“... perhaps those who are best suited to power are those who have never sought it.”
“On his daughter Malala Yousafzai: She was very articulate, more than me. She could say things in a very few words that I take a long time to communicate.”
“Failure is a great teacher and, if you are open to it, every mistake has a lesson to offer.”
“The black man in Africa had mastered the arts and sciences. He knew the course of the stars in the universe before the man up in Europe knew that the earth wasn't flat.”
“Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.”
“Only fools use their mouth to speak. A smart man uses his brain, and a wise man uses his heart.”
“At home and abroad I have repeatedly been asked what are the main essentials of a successful prime minister. Over and above communication and vigilance, there are two factors I have always mentioned. They are sleep, and a sense of history.”