“And what does really matter? That is easy: thinking and doing, doing and thinking--and these are the sum of all wisdom. . . . Both must move ever onward in life, to and fro, like breathing in and breathing out.”
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Wise Quotes — page 200 of 916
“Tell the truth and make it rhyme”
“And he gave it for his opinion, "that whoever could make two ears of corn, or two blades of grass, to grow upon a spot of ground where only one grew before, would deserve better of mankind, and do more essential service to his country, than the whole race of politicians put together.”
“A lie does not consist in the indirect position of words, but in the desire and intention, by false speaking, to deceive and injure your neighbour.”
“He who wants to persuade should put his trust not in the right argument, but in the right word. The power of sound has always been greater than the power of sense.”
“The story knows itself better than the writer does at some point, knows what's being said before the writer figures out how to say it.”
“We all have two lives: an inner life and an outer life. Your inner life is your soul life, which includes your mind, will and emotions. Your outer life is your physical life. And while God cares about every detail of your life, He is more concerned with your inner life than your outer life.”
“The things that we want we willingly believe, and the things that we think we expect everyone else to think.”
“There are two ways to worry words. One is hoping for the greatest possible beauty in what is created. The other is to tell the truth.”
“Poems are made by fools like me, But only God can make a tree”
“I've always felt that the quality of the voice is where the real content of a song lies. Words only suggest an experience, but the voice is that experience.”
“And Barack and I were raised with so many of the same values, like you work hard for what you want in life. That your word is your bond; that you do what you say you're going to do. That you treat people with dignity and respect, even if you don't know them and even if you don't agree with them.”
“Truth indeed rather alleviates than hurts, and will always bear up against falsehood, as oil does above water.”
“If you are humble nothing will touch you, neither praise nor disgrace, because you know what you are.”
“Read the heart and not the letter for the pen cannot draw near the good intent.”
“The most damning revelation you can make about yourself is that you do not know what is interesting and what is not.”
“What one does is what counts. Not what one had the intention of doing.”
“Unless your work gives you trouble, it is no good.”
“Systematic theology will ask questions like "What are the attributes of God? What is sin? What does the cross achieve?" Biblical theology tends to ask questions such as "What is the theology of the prophecy of Isaiah? What do we learn from John's Gospel? How does the theme of the temple work itself out across the entire Bible?" Both approaches are legitimate; both are important. They are mutually complementary.”
“A ship in the harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for. Intelligence is like underwear, everyone has it, but you don't have to show it off. The expression a woman wears on her face is more important than the clothes she wears on her back.”