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Wise Quotes — page 15 of 916
“Quality is never an accident. It is always the result of intelligent effort.”
“The high-minded man must care more for the truth than for what people think.”
“Real elegance is everywhere, especially in the things that don't show.”
“Throughout life, from childhood, from school until we die, we are taught to compare ourselves with another; yet when I compare myself with another I am destroying myself.”
“Strongest minds are often those whom the noisy world hears least.”
“Every saint has a past, and every sinner has a future.”
“Each of the substances of a man's diet acts upon his body and changes it in some way and upon these changes his whole life depends.”
“And now here is my secret, a very simple secret; it is only with the heart that one can see rightly, what is essential is invisible to the eye.”
“Those who are able to see beyond the shadows and lies of their culture will never be understood let alone believed by the masses.”
“A statesman is he who thinks in the future generations, and a politician is he who thinks in the upcoming elections.”
“From error to error one discovers the entire truth.”
“The more sand has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we should see through it.”
“It is not necessary for a preacher to express all his thoughts in one sermon. A preacher should have three principles: first, to make a good beginning, and not spend time with many words before coming to the point; secondly, to say that which belongs to the subject in chief, and avoid strange and foreign thoughts; thirdly, to stop at the proper time.”
“Intelligence is measured by a person's ability to see validity within both sides of contradicting arguments.”
“The stupid speak of the past, the wise of the present, and fools of the future.”
“The things you think about determine the quality of your mind. Your soul takes on the color of your thoughts.”
“Negro music has touched America because it is the melody of the soul joined with the rhythm of the machine. It is in two part time; tears in the heart; movement of the legs, torso arms and head. The music of the era of construction; innovating. It floods the body and heart; it floods the USA and its floods the world. The jazz is more advanced than the architecture. If architecture were at the point reached by jazz, it would be an incredible spectacle.”
“I am among those who think that science has great beauty.”
“Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted.”