“Ability is not always gauged by examination.”
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Wise Quotes — page 61 of 916
“I do not know if you have ever noticed that the more you struggle to understand, the less you understand any problem. But, the moment you cease to struggle and let the problem tell you the whole story, give all its significance - then there is understanding, which means, obviously, that to understand, the mind must be quiet.”
“Sophistication and lifestyle is understanding the difference between trinkets and treasures.”
“Shallow understanding from people of good will is more frustrating than absolute misunderstanding from people of ill will.”
“Contemplation for an hour is better than formal worship for sixty years.”
“It is personal vanity of the most flagrant type which intrudes itself, unasked, into other people's affairs. There are few of us who do not feel capable of ordering the daily lives of others, down to the most minute detail.”
“Morale in an organization does not mean that "people get along together"; the test is performance not conformance.”
“Money-makers are tiresome company, as they have no standard but cash value.”
“No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar.”
“We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak.”
“Consumption is the sole end and purpose of all production.”
“There is nothing truer than physiognomy, taken in connection with manner.”
“You need to understand things in order to invent beyond them.”
“Man is born to live, not to prepare for life.”
“A person starts to live when he can live outside himself.”
“We are the sum of our actions, and therefore our habits make all the difference.”
“Viewed freely, the English language is the accretion and growth of every dialect, race, and range of time, and is both the free and compacted composition of all.”
“All men make mistakes, but only wise men learn from their mistakes.”
“And that's how we measure out our real respect for people—by the degree of feeling they can register, the voltage of life they can carry and tolerate—and enjoy. End of sermon. As Buddha says: live like a mighty river. And as the old Greeks said: live as though all your ancestors were living again through you.”
“He who would be a man must therefore be a non-conformist.”