“It is better to be at odds with the whole world than, being one, to be at odds with myself.”
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Wise Quotes — page 186 of 916
“True wisdom lies in one's confession about the limits of one's knowledge.”
“My manager was Buddy Glee, who put me together with Mike Curb, and was basically the idea to bring some soul to the label and bring something different to the label besides the Hank Williams situation.”
“I must find a truth that is true for me.”
“...it is not the obscure passages in Scripture that bind you but the ones you understand. With these you are to comply at once. If you understood only one passage in all of Scripture, well, then you must do that first of all. It will be this passage God asks you about. Do not first sit down and ponder the obscure passages. God's Word is given in order that you shall act according to it, not that you gain expertise in interpreting it.”
“The ear is the only true writer and the only true reader. I know people who read without hearing the sentence sounds and they were the fastest readers. Eye readers we call them. They get the meaning by glances. But they are bad readers because they miss the best part of what a good writer puts into his work.”
“When Reason died, then Wisdom was born.”
“If you're not working to get your business or investing operation to operate without you, you're thinking too small. Think team and systems.”
“I would rather trust a woman's instinct than a man's reason.”
“One of the most important ways to manifest integrity is to be loyal to those who are not present. In doing so, we build the trust of those who are present.”
“Focusing is about saying No.”
“In all fighting, the direct method may be used for joining battle, but indirect methods will be needed in order to secure victory. In battle, there are not more than two methods of attack.. the direct and the indirect; yet these two in combination give rise to an endless series of maneuvers.”
“the leader of armies is the arbiter of the people's fate, the man on whom it depends whether the nation shall be in peace or in peril.”
“There are not more than five musical notes, yet the combinations of these five give rise to more melodies than can ever be heard.There are not more than five primary colors, yet in combination they produce more hues than can ever been seen.There are not more than five cardinal tastes, yet combinations of them yield more flavors than can ever be tasted.”
“we have two ears and one mouth and we should use them proportionally”
“To paraphrase several sages: Nobody can think and hit someone at the same time.”
“The writer's first job is not to have opinions but to tell the truth... and refuse to be an accomplice of lies and misinformation. Literature is the house of nuance and contrariness against the voices of simplification.”
“Where the head goes, the body follows. Perception precedes action. Right action follows the right perspective.”
“Everyone tries to define this thing called Character. It's not hard. Character is doing what's right when nobody's looking.”
“Life is painting a picture, not doing a sum.”