“Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.”
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Wise Quotes — page 37 of 916
“The truth is more important than the facts.”
“Humanity needs practical men, who get the most out of their work, and, without forgetting the general good, safeguard their own interests. But humanity also needs dreamers, for whom the disinterested development of an enterprise is so captivating that it becomes impossible for them to devote their care to their own material profit.”
“A slender acquaintance with the world must convince every man that actions, not words, are the true criterion of the attachment of friends.”
“Women are wiser than men because they know less and understand more.”
“While we may continue to use the words smart and stupid, and while IQ tests may persist for certain purposes, the monopoly of those who believe in a single general intelligence has come to an end. Brain scientists and geneticists are documenting the incredible differentiation of human capacities, computer programmers are creating systems that are intelligent in different ways, and educators are freshly acknowledging that their students have distinctive strengths and weaknesses.”
“Every man today is the result of his thoughts yesterday.”
“The truly good and wise man will bear all kinds of fortune in a seemly way, and will always act in the noblest manner that the circumstances allow.”
“Times change, and we change with them.”
“Nor less I deem that there are Powers Which of themselves our minds impress; That we can feed this mind of ours In a wise passiveness”
“Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing had happened.”
“Character is higher than intellect... A great soul will be strong to live, as well as strong to think.”
“The Domain Name Server (DNS) is the Achilles heel of the Web. The important thing is that it's managed responsibly.”
“Knowledge of languages is the doorway to wisdom.”
“John the Baptist was supposed to point the way to the Christ. He was just the voice, not the Messiah. So everybodys calling has dignity to it and God seems to know better than we do what is in us that needs to be called forth.”
“White... is not a mere absence of colour; it is a shining and affirmative thing, as fierce as red, as definite as black... God paints in many colours; but He never paints so gorgeously, I had almost said so gaudily, as when He paints in white.”
“Education is what you must acquire without any interference from your schooling.”
“Character isn't developed when we get what we want. Character is developed when we don't get what we want.”
“In quoting others, we cite ourselves.”
“I assure you, an educated fool is more foolish than an uneducated one.”