“Try to acquire the virtues you believe lacking in your brothers. Then you will no longer see their defects, for you will no longer have them yourself.”
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Wise Quotes — page 75 of 916
“Before you reject an idea, find at least five good things about it.”
“I hold the precepts of Jesus as delivered by Himself, to be the most pure, benevolent and sublime which have ever been preached to man.”
“I think there is an obligation on the part of all of us to stay informed and aware.”
“Follow your instincts. That's where true wisdom manifests itself.”
“Wise men, when in doubt whether to speak or to keep quiet, give themselves the benefit of the doubt, and remain silent.”
“i never learned anything while i was talking.”
“Write what should not be forgotten.”
“It is necessary for the teacher to guide the child without letting him feel her presence too much, so that she may always be ready to supply the desired help, but may never be the obstacle between the child and his experience.”
“Simplicity in character, in manners, in style; in all things the supreme excellence is simplicity.”
“Wisdom is a love affair with questions. Knowledge is a love affair with answers.”
“The little things, I can obey. But the big things - how we think, what we value - those you must choose yourself. You can't let anyone - or any society - determine those for you.”
“A house without books is like a room without windows.”
“More business decisions occur over lunch and dinner than at any other time, yet no MBA courses are given on the subject.”
“He who is only an athlete is too crude, too vulgar, too much a savage. He who is a scholar only is too soft, to effeminate. The ideal citizen is the scholar athlete, the man of thought and the man of action.”
“History is not history unless it is the truth.”
“Truth is not always in a well. In fact, as regards the more important knowledge, I do believe that she is invariably superficial. The depth lies in the valleys where we seek her, and not upon the mountain-tops where she is found.”
“Showing off is the fool's idea of glory.”
“I admit that thoughts influence the body.”
“The most important human endeavor is the striving for morality in our actions. Our inner balance and even our very existence depend on it. Only morality in our actions can give beauty and dignity to life.”