“A man is like a bit of Labrador spar, which has no luster as you turn it in your hand, until you come to a particular angle; then it shows deep and beautiful colors.”
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Wise Quotes — page 62 of 916
“I cannot face with comfort the idea of life without work; work and the free play of the imagination are for me the same thing, I take no pleasure in anything else.”
“You think it - wise - to trust Hagrid with something as important as this?" "I would trust Hagrid with my life," said Dumbledore.”
“Knowing others is wisdom, knowing yourself is enlightenment.”
“The best leaders are those their people hardly know exist. The next best is a leader who is loved and praised. Next comes the one who is feared. The worst one is the leader that is despised ... The best leaders value their words, and use them sparingly. When they have accomplished their task, the people say, "Amazing! We did it, all by ourselves!”
“The simple act of paying attention can take you a long way.”
“A new idea must not be judged by its immediate results.”
“The secret of rulership is to combine a belief in one’s own infallibility with a power to learn from past mistakes.”
“When steam first began to pump and wheels go round at so many revolutions per minute, what are called business habits were intended to make the life of man run in harmony with the steam engine, and his movement rival the train in punctuality.”
“One thorn of experience is worth a whole wilderness of warning.”
“The world is blessed most by men who do things, not by those who merely talk about them.”
“What is powerful is when what you say is just the tip of the iceberg of what you know”
“Poetry is a political act because it involves telling the truth.”
“To tell the truth is to become beautiful, to begin to love yourself, value yourself. And that's political, in its most profound way.”
“The marvel of the Bhagavad-Gita is its truly beautiful revelation of life's wisdom which enables philosophy to blossom into religion.”
“Even in such technical lines as engineering, about 15% of one's financial success is due one's technical knowledge and about 85% is due to skill in human engineering, to personality and the ability to lead people.”
“Because there is no man who can be true and just judge of himself, so much will self-love deceive him.”
“Be slow in choosing a friend, slower in changing.”
“A man is whole only when he takes into account his shadow.”
“I don't think there's anything unique about human intellience. All the nuerons in the brain that make up perceptions and emotions operate in a binary fashion.”