“Nothing useless can be truly beautiful.”
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Wise Quotes — page 114 of 916
“To know, is to know that you know nothing. That is the meaning of true knowledge. For a man who claims to have knowledge, while actually knowing nothing, is less smarter than you, who claim to know nothing.”
“Silence is not silent. Silence speaks. It speaks most eloquently. Silence is not still. Silence leads. It leads most perfectly.”
“It's not how much money you make, but how much money you keep, how hard it works for you, and how many generations you keep it for.”
“An actor knows two important things - to be honest in what he is doing and to be in touch with the audience. That's not bad advice for a politician either.”
“We are all tattooed in our cradles with the beliefs of our tribe; the record may seem superficial, but it is indelible. You cannot educate a man wholly out of the superstitious fears which were early implanted in his imagination; no matter how utterly his reason may reject them...”
“The person who discovered the law of love was a far greater scientist than any of our modern scientists. Only our explorations have not gone far enough and so it is not possible for everyone to see all its workings.”
“Circumstances should never alter principles!”
“In fact, the whole of Japan is a pure invention. There is no such country, there are no such people.... The Japanese people are ... simply a mode of style, an exquisite fancy of art.”
“The well bred contradict other people. The wise contradict themselves.”
“If you find someone with wisdom, good judgment, and good actions; make him a companion.”
“When you are offended at anyone's fault, turn to yourself and study your own failings. By attending to them, you will forget your anger and learn to live wisely.”
“The best teacher in life is experience.”
“Our deeds determine us, as much as we determine our deeds.”
“Truly, everything in this world depended on time. Time ripened all. If you had time, you succeeded in working the human mud internally and turning it into spirit. Then you did not fear death. If you did not have time, you perished.”
“The justification of art is the internal combustion it ignites in the hearts of men and not its shallow, externalized, public manifestations.”
“If there is any one secret of success, it lies in the ability to get the other person's point of view and see things from that person's angle as well as from your own.”
“As a dreamer of dreams and a travelin' man, I have chalked up many a mile. Read dozens of books about heroes and crooks, and I learned much from both of their styles.”
“Talent develops in quiet, alone; character is sharpened in the torrent of the world.”
“All theory, dear friend, is gray, but the golden tree of life springs ever green.”