“There is no other way to guard yourself against flattery than by making men understand that telling you the truth will not offend you.”
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Wise Quotes — page 91 of 916
“I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men to abstain from threats and insulting words toward anyone, for neither diminishes the strength of the enemy.”
“It is difficult to persuade mankind that the love of virtue is the love of themselves.”
“I think everything happens in time. There's a time for everything. There's a time to be in a group, and there's a time to be solo.”
“A primary object should be the education of our youth in the science of government. In a republic, what species of knowledge can be equally important? And what duty more pressing than communicating it to those who are to be the future guardians of the liberties of the country?”
“The word 'good' has many meanings. For example, if a man were to shoot his grandmother at a range of five hundred yards, I should call him a good shot, but not necessarily a good man.”
“When one does a thing, it appears good, otherwise one would not write it. Only later comes reflection, and one discards or accepts the thing. Time is the best censor, and patience a most excellent teacher.”
“The simplest truths often meet the sternest resistance and are slowest in getting general acceptance.”
“Truth is proper and beautiful in all times and in all places.”
“Half of what I say is meaningless; but I say it so that the other half may reach you.”
“We are unique. Chimpanzees are unique. Dogs are unique. But we humans are just not as different as we used to think.”
“Have you ever noticed a tree standing naked against the sky, How beautiful it is? All its branches are outlined, and in its nakedness There is a poem, there is a song. Every leaf is gone and it is waiting for the spring. When the spring comes, it again fills the tree with The music of many leaves, Which in due season fall and are blown away. And this is the way of life.”
“Wisdom and power follow endurance and patience.”
“The typewriter separated me from a deeper intimacy with poetry, and my hand brought me closer to that intimacy again.”
“In talking with people, don't begin by discussing the things on which you differ. Begin by emphasizing - and keep on emphasizing - the things on which you agree. Keep emphasizing, if possible, that you are both striving for the same end and that your only difference is one of method and not of purpose.”
“This is the road I have tried to follow as a teacher: living my convictions; being open to the process of knowing and being sensitive to the experience of teaching as an art; being pushed forward by the challenges that prevent me from bureaucratizing my practice; accepting my limitations, yet always conscious of the necessary effort to overcome them and aware that I cannot hide them because to do so would be a failure to respect both my students and myself as a teacher.”
“Do first things first, and second things not at all.”
“There is nothing so delightful as the hearing, or the speaking of truth. For this reason, there is no conversation so agreeable as that of the man of integrity, who hears without any intention to betray, and speaks without any intention to deceive.”
“The wise man should be prepared for everything that does not lie within his control.”
“It's our imagination that's responsible for love, not the other person.”