“A hammer shatters glass but it also forges steel.”
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Wise Quotes — page 147 of 916
“The virtuous man is driven by responsibility, the non-virtuous man is driven by profit.”
“Everything in life is a checklist, whether it's building a birdhouse or building a kitchen. If you don't have a checklist, you're much more likely to forget something.”
“Education is the power to think clearly, the power to act well in the worlds work, and the power to appreciate life.”
“Before I studied the art, a punch to me was just like a punch, a kick just like a kick. After I learned the art, a punch was no longer a punch, a kick no longer a kick. Now that I've understood the art, a punch is just like a punch, a kick just like a kick. The height of cultivation is really nothing special. It is merely simplicity; the ability to express the utmost with the minimum.”
“Go toward self-actualization rather than self-image actualization... Search within... for honest self- expression.”
“So nothing is ever good or bad unless you think it so, and vice versa. All luck is good luck to the man who bears it with equanimity.”
“Everything that can be counted does not necessarily count; everything that counts cannot necessarily be counted.”
“Day by day we should weigh what we have granted to the spirit of the world against what we have denied to the spirit of Jesus, in thought and especially in deed.”
“Never judge a country by its politicians.”
“True intelligence very readily conceives of an intelligence superior to its own; and this is why truly intelligent men are modest.”
“I resolved to stop accumulating and begin the infinitely more serious and difficult task of wise distribution.”
“The novelist must be his own most harsh critic and also his own most loving admirer and about both he must say nothing.”
“The secret of boring people lies in telling them everything.”
“Doubt is the beginning of wisdom”
“A man's face as a rule says more, and more interesting things, than his mouth, for it is a compendium of everything his mouth will ever say, in that it is the monogram of all this man's thoughts and aspirations.”
“When I first met Benny Goodman he wouldn't talk about anything but clarinets, mouthpieces, reeds, etc. When I tried to change the subject, he said 'But that's what we have in common. We both play clarinet.' I said, 'No, Benny, that's where we're different. You play clarinet, I play music.'”
“The freedom of speech of private individuals includes the right to not agree, not to listen, and not to finance one's own antagonists.”
“Clearly older women and especially older women who have led an active life or elder women who successfully maneuver through their own family life have so much to teach us about sharing, patience, and wisdom.”
“It is not because angels are holier than men or devils that makes them angels, but because they do not expect holiness from one another, but from God only.”