“The whole of life is but a moment of time. It is our duty, therefore to use it, not to misuse it.”
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Wise Quotes — page 60 of 916
“No man is free who cannot control himself.”
“And be silent for the most part, or else make only the most necessary remarks, and express these in few words. But rarely, and when occasion requires you to talk, talk, indeed, but about no ordinary topics. Do not talk about gladiators, or horseraces, or athletes, or things to eat or drink - topics that arise on all occasions; but above all, do not talk about people, either blaming, or praising, or comparing them.”
“It wasn't by accident that the Gettysburg address was so short. The laws of prose writing are as immutable as those of flight, of mathematics, of physics.”
“Ignorance never settles a question.”
“There is only a finger's difference between a wise man and a fool.”
“I compare myself to a good barn. You can have a good barn, and if you paint it, it looks a little better. But if you take the paint off, it's still a good barn.”
“A wise man has dignity without pride; a fool has pride without dignity.”
“Virtue is not left to stand alone. He who practices it will have neighbors.”
“A woman past forty should make up her mind to be young; not her face.”
“The true value of a human being can be found in the degree to which he has attained liberation from the self.”
“No psychologist should pretend to understand what he does not understand... Only fools and charlatans know everything and understand nothing.”
“The high-minded man does not bear grudges, for it is not the mark of a great soul to remember injuries, but to forget them.”
“There is no such thing as talent. What they call talent is nothing but the capacity for doing continuous work in the right way.”
“A judicious silence is always better than truth spoken without charity.”
“There is no teaching until the pupil is brought into the same state or principle in which you are; a transfusion takes place; he is you, and you are he; then is a teaching; and by no unfriendly chance or bad company can he ever lose the benefit.”
“Watch people do their most common actions; these are indeed the things that will tell you the real character of a great person.”
“The relationship between commitment and doubt is by no means an antagonistic one. Commitment is healthiest when it is not without doubt but in spite of doubt.”
“Rewards and punishments are the lowest form of education.”
“The zionist argument to justify Israel's present occupation of Arab Palestine has no intelligent or legal basis in history.”