“Wherever I look, I see signs of the commandment to honor one's parents and nowhere of a commandment that calls for the respect of a child.”
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Wise Quotes — page 48 of 916
“Choose your companions from the best; Who draws a bucket with the rest soon topples down the hill.”
“A loving heart is the beginning of all knowledge.”
“You don't have to be a 'person of influence' to be influential. In fact, the most influential people in my life are probably not even aware of the things they've taught me.”
“The most powerful person in the world is the story teller. The storyteller sets the vision, values and agenda of an entire generation that is to come.”
“People talk fundamentals and superlatives and then make some changes of detail.”
“On two chairs beneath the bole of the tree and canopied by a living bough there sat, side by side, Celeborn and Galadriel... Very tall they were, and the Lady no less tall than the Lord; and they were grave and beautiful. They were clad wholly in white; and the hair of the Lady was of deep gold, and the hair of the Lord Celeborn was of silver long and bright; but no sign of age was upon them, unless it were in the depths of their eyes; for these were keen as lances in the starlight, and yet profound, the wells of deep memory.”
“The book to read is not the one which thinks for you, but the one which makes you think. No book in the world equals the Bible for that.”
“One sees great things from the valley; only small things from the peak.”
“Ability hits the mark where presumption overshoots and diffidence falls short.”
“I once had a sparrow alight upon my shoulder for a moment, while I was hoeing in a village garden, and I felt that I was more distinguished by that circumstance that I should have been by any epaulet I could have worn.”
“True transformation occurs only when we can look at ourselves squarely and face our attachments and inner demons, free from the buzz of commercial distraction and false social realities. We have to retreat into our own cocoons and come face-to-face with who we are. We have to turn toward our own inner darkness. For only by abandoning its attachments and facing the darkness does the caterpillar's body begin to spread out and its light, beautiful wings begin to form.”
“The tongue may hide the truth but the eyes—never!”
“A man who views the world the same at fifty as he did at twenty has wasted thirty years of his life.”
“In the future the question will not be, "Are people credit-worthy", but rather, "Are banks people-worthy?"”
“Seek not greatness, but seek truth and you will find both.”
“Here is a lesson in creative writing. First rule: Do not use semicolons. They are transvestite hermaphrodites representing absolutely nothing. All they do is show you've been to college.”
“An important fact about verbal behavior is that speaker and listener may reside within the same skin.”
“Genius without education is like silver in the mine.”
“Have no friends not equal to yourself.”