Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach (1830–1916) Austrian writer
Es gibt Menschen mit leuchtendem und Menschen mit glänzendem Verstande. Die ersten erhellen ihre Umgebung, die zweiten verdunkeln sie.
Source: Aphorisms (1880/1893), p. 28.
Source: Invincible
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach (1830–1916) Austrian writer
Es gibt Menschen mit leuchtendem und Menschen mit glänzendem Verstande. Die ersten erhellen ihre Umgebung, die zweiten verdunkeln sie.
Source: Aphorisms (1880/1893), p. 28.
“The person who tries to live alone will not succeed as a human being.”
Pearl S. Buck (1892–1973) American writer
"To You on Your First Birthday"
To My Daughters, With Love (1967)
Context: The person who tries to live alone will not succeed as a human being. His heart withers if it does not answer another heart. His mind shrinks away if he hears only the echoes of his own thoughts and finds no other inspiration.
“Some succeed because they are destined to, but most succeed because they are determined to.”
Henry Van Dyke (1852–1933) American diplomat
“Those who stand for nothing fall for everything.”
Alexander Hamilton (1757–1804) Founding Father of the United States
The earliest known occurance of a similar adage dates back to 1926, then apparently regarded as a common one of unknown origin. Its connection to Alexander Hamilton arose from confusion with its use in 1978 by a UK radio broadcaster also named Alex Hamilton.
Source: https://quoteinvestigator.com/2014/02/18/stand-fall/#return-note-8222-15 Per QI
Lisa Kleypas (1964) American writer
Source: Secrets of a Summer Night
T.S. Eliot (1888–1965) 20th century English author
"Revelation" (1937), in The Idea of a Christian Society and Other Writings (London: Faber and Faber, 1982), p. 168
Nick Bostrom book Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies
Preface
Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies (2014)
Hans Morgenthau book Politics Among Nations
Source: Politics Among Nations (1948), p. 27 (1954 edition)