“It is better to know some of the questions than all of the answers.”
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Wise Quotes — page 27 of 916
“It is the responsibility of intellectuals to speak the truth and expose lies.”
“Our friends show us what we can do; our enemies teach us what we must do.”
“The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. Intelligence plus character - that is the goal of true education.”
“The stupidity of people comes from having an answer for everything. The wisdom of the novel comes from having a question for everything.”
“Intelligence is the ability to find and solve problems and create products of value in one's own culture.”
“Everything in life got its purpose. Find its reason in every season.”
“Intellectuals solve problems, geniuses prevent them.”
“Only two kinds of people can attain self-knowledge: those who are not encumbered at all with learning, that is to say, whose minds are not over-crowded with thoughts borrowed from others; and those who, after studying all the scriptures and sciences, have come to realise that they know nothing.”
“Four things to learn in life: To think clearly without hurry or confusion; To love everybody sincerely; To act in everything with the highest motives; To trust God unhesitatingly.”
“If you tell the truth you do not need a good memory!”
“Neither a wise man nor a brave man lies down on the tracks of history to wait for the train of the future to run over him.”
“More important than the curriculum is the question of the methods of teaching and the spirit in which the teaching is given”
“It is a wise father that knows his own child.”
“Whom do I call educated? First, those who manage well the circumstances they encounter day by day. Next, those who are decent and honorable in their intercourse with all men, bearing easily and good naturedly what is offensive in others and being as agreeable and reasonable to their associates as is humanly possible to be... those who hold their pleasures always under control and are not ultimately overcome by their misfortunes... those who are not spoiled by their successes, who do not desert their true selves but hold their ground steadfastly as wise and sober - minded men.”
“Trust is the glue of life. It's the most essential ingredient in effective communication. It's the foundational principle that holds all relationships.”
“There are two kinds of light - the glow that illuminates, and the glare that obscures.”
“To be a king and wear a crown is a thing more glorious to them that see it than it is pleasant to them that bear it.”
“A man's ethical behaviour should be based effectually on sympathy, education, and social ties and needs; no religious basis is necessary. Man would indeed be in a poor way if he had to be restrained by fear of punishment and hope of reward after death.”
“Quality is more important than quantity. One home run is much better than two doubles.”