“We think we know what we are doing. We have always thought so.”
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Muhammad Asad book The Road to Mecca
Page 68.
The Road to Mecca (1954)
“We seldom think of what we have, but always of what we lack.”
Arthur Schopenhauer (1788–1860) German philosopher
Variant: We seldom speak of what we have but often of what we lack.
“It is not so much what we know that is important, as what we are and what we do.”
Spencer W. Kimball (1895–1985) President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
John Ruskin (1819–1900) English writer and art critic
The Crown of Wild Olive, lecture IV: The Future of England, section 151 (1866).
“We are not indeed obliged always to speak what we think, but we must always think what we speak.”
Anne-Thérèse de Marguenat de Courcelles, marquise de Lambert (1647–1733) writer from France
Source: A Mother's Advice to Her Son, 1726, p. 149
“We do what we have to so we can do what we want to.”
Denzel Washington (1954) actor, screenwriter, director, producer
Hu Shuli (1953) Chinese journalist
As quoted in "AP Interview: Chinese editor Hu Shuli steps aside, not down" in Associated Press (30 January 2018) https://apnews.com/article/china-censorship-business-international-news-asia-pacific-d1f0e45181c64cd0b1a978842a81affa