“The excellence of the Church does not consist in multitude but in purity.”
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Wise Quotes — page 20 of 916
“Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance.”
“I don't need a church to tell me I'm wrong where I already know I'm wrong; I need a Church to tell me I'm wrong where I think I'm right”
“I have found strength where one does not look for it: in simple, mild, and pleasant people, without the least desire to rule -- and, conversely, the desire to rule has often appeared to me a sign of inward weakness: they fear their own slave soul and shroud it in a royal cloak (in the end, they still become the slaves of their followers, their fame, etc.)”
“We never understand what we're praying, and God, in His mercy, does not answer our prayers according to our understanding, but according to His wisdom.”
“Understanding a question is half an answer.”
“Face the facts of being what you are, for that is what changes what you are.”
“A Brahmin is not so much in need of education as a Chandala. If the son of a Brahmin needs one teacher, that of a Chandala needs ten.”
“All of us would be wiser if we would resolve never to put people down, except on our prayer lists.”
“Education is what remains after one has forgotten what one has learned in school.”
“We are not meant to resolve all contradictions but to live with them and rise above them.”
“One must learn to give up momentary, uncertain and destructive pleasure for delayed, restrained, but dependable pleasure.”
“A language is not just words. It's a culture, a tradition, a unification of a community, a whole history that creates what a community is. It's all embodied in a language.”
“There is hardly anything in the world that some man cannot make a little worse and sell a little cheaper, and the people who consider price only are this man's lawful prey.”
“When dealing with people, remember you are not dealing with creatures of logic, but creatures of emotion.”
“Do not intervene between a person and the consequences of their own behavior.”
“General, your tank is a powerful vehicle It smashes down forests and crushes a hundred men. But it has one defect: It needs a driver. General, your bomber is powerful. It flies faster than a storm and carries more than an elephant. But it has one defect: It needs a mechanic. General, man is very useful. He can fly and he can kill. But he has one defect: He can think.”
“It is our choice of good or evil that determines our character, not our opinion about good or evil.”
“We will gradually become indifferent to what goes on in the minds of other people when we acquire a knowledge of the superficial nature of their thoughts, the narrowness of their views and of the number of their errors. Whoever attaches a lot of value to the opinions of others pays them too much honor.”
“Without elegance of the heart, there is no elegance.”