“While extremely sensitive as to the slightest approach to slander, you must also guard against an extreme into which some people fall, who, in their desire to speak evil of no one, actually uphold and speak well of vice.”
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Wise Quotes — page 137 of 916
“We judge others by their actions but we judge ourselves by our intensions.”
“Fine manners need the support of fine manners in others.”
“True greatness consists in the use of a powerful understanding to enlighten oneself and others.”
“The artist's personality must be left in his dressing-room; his soul must be denuded of its own sensations and clothed with the base or noble qualities he is called upon to exhibit.... [he] must leave behind him the cares and vexations of life, throw aside his personality for several hours, and move in the dream of another life, forgetting everything.”
“An informed citizenry is the only true repository of the public will.”
“Experience having long taught me the reasonableness of mutual sacrifices of opinion among those who are to act together for any common object, and the expediency of doing what good we can; when we cannot do all we would wish.”
“This duo inside of me causes the perfect opportunity to live and learn twice as fast as those who choose to accept simplicity.”
“I still believe one of the most important choices is how we treat others. What good does it do you to build a huge muscular, impressive body if you are small and underdeveloped on the inside? I’ve always felt that success begins on the inside and reaching our true potential gets blocked when we are small-spirited.”
“The wise man then followed a simple way of life-which is hardly surprising when you consider how even in this modern age he seeks to be as little encumbered as he possibly can.”
“Trust has two dimensions: competence and integrity. We will forgive mistakes of competence. Mistakes of integrity are harder to overcome.”
“The more information you have, the better you will be.”
“No one is original. Everyone is derivative.”
“A man though wise, should never be ashamed of learning more, and must unbend his mind.”
“Poetry is what is lost in translation. It is also what is lost in interpretation.”
“It's not too difficult to get the skeletons out of the closet with people, but to get the gold out is a different matter. That is therapy. Psychology is the Art of finding the gold of the spirit.”
“It’s not who was right or who was wrong when a mistake was made. It’s about who learned from it.”
“One of the great things about being willing to try new things and make mistakes is that making mistakes keeps you humble. People who are humble learn more than people who are arrogant.”
“In the real world, the smartest people are people who make mistakes and learn. In school, the smartest people don't make mistakes.”
“The difficulty of literature is not to write, but to write what you mean; not to affect your reader, but to affect him precisely as you wish.”