“There are men whose manners have the same essential splendor as the simple and awful sculpture on the friezes of the Parthenon, and the remains of the earliest Greek art.”
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Wise Quotes — page 33 of 916
“If you have insight, you use your inner eye, your inner ear, to pierce to the heart of things, and have no need of intellectual knowledge.”
“It may be the cock that crows, but it is the hen that lays the eggs.”
“I don't like work... but I like what is in work - the chance to find yourself. Your own reality - for yourself, not for others - which no other man can ever know.”
“Do not ask who I am and do not ask me to remain the same.”
“Applause is a receipt, not a bill.”
“When I became a man I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness and the desire to be very grown up.”
“Who are the learned? Those who practice what they know.”
“If you make your relationship with your Inner Being your top priority, and you deliberately choose thoughts that allow your alignment, you will consistently offer the greatest advantage to others with whom you interact. Only when you are aligned with your Source do you have anything to offer another.”
“A good teacher is one who can understand those who are not very good at explaining, and explain to those who are not very good at understanding.”
“Unspoken feelings are unforgettable.”
“Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those the art of living well.”
“Great thoughts speak only to the thoughtful mind, but great actions speak to all mankind.”
“I consider trial by jury as the only anchor ever yet imagined by man, by which a government can be held to the principles of its constitution.”
“The way we communicate with others and with ourselves ultimately determines the quality of our lives.”
“My mother taught me three things: respect, knowledge, search for knowledge. It's an eternal journey.”
“When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his content flimsy.”
“As I have said, the first thing is to be honest with yourself. You can never have an impact on society if you have not changed yourself... Great peacemakers are all people of integrity, of honesty, but humility.”
“What wisdom can you find that is greater than kindness?”
“A BMW can't take you as far as a diploma.”