“That one must do some work seriously and must be independent and not merely amuse oneself in life-this our mother [Marie Curie] has told us always, but never that science was the only career worth following.”
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Wise Quotes — page 68 of 916
“Crying with the wise is better than laughing with the fool.”
“All that we are is the result of what we have thought; what we think we become.”
“My favorite author is Anton Chekhov, not so much for the plays but for his short stories, and I think he was really my tutor.”
“Nothing is so necessary for a young man as the company of intelligent women.”
“For what are the classics but the noblest thoughts of man? They are the only oracles which are not decayed, and there are such answers to the most modern inquiry in them as Delphi and Dodona never gave. We might as well omit to study Nature because she is old.”
“'Always speak the truth - think before you speak - and write it down afterwards.' 'I'm sure I didn't mean - ' Alice was beginning, but the Red Queen interrupted her impatiently. 'That's just what I complain of! You should have meant! What do you suppose is the use of child without any meaning? Even a joke should have some meaning - and a child's more important than a joke, I hope.”
“Read from some humbler poet, Whose songs gushed from his heart, As showers from the clouds of summer, Or tears from the eyelids start.”
“The idea of the extreme makeover is disturbing.”
“No one's walking around here perfect. Everyone's gonna make mistakes. That's part of how you learn.”
“There is an art of seeing things as they are: without naming, without being caught in a network of words, without thinking interfering with perception.”
“Your personal philosophy is the greatest determining factor in how your life works out.”
“I stick to simple themes. Love. Hate. No nuances. I stay away from psychoanalyst's couch scenes. Couches are good for one thing.”
“Whenever a doctor cannot do good, he must be kept from doing harm.”
“Science is the most reliable guide in life.”
“I once sent him a song and asked him to mark a cross wherever he thought it was faulty. Brahms returned it untouched, saying 'I don't want to make a cemetery of your compositions.'”
“Knowledge isn’t power until it is applied.”
“Elegance is usually confused with superficiality, fashion, lack of depth. This is a serious mistake: human beings need to have elegance in their actions and in their posture because this word is synonymous with good taste, amiability, equilibrium and harmony.”
“If you can't measure it, you can't change it.”
“The only basis for living is believing in life, loving it, and applying the whole force of one's intellect to know it better.”