“… the truth holds the greatest magic, the greatest beauty, and sometimes the greatest danger….”
Esther M. Friesner (1951) American writer
Source: Sphinx's Princess
“… the truth holds the greatest magic, the greatest beauty, and sometimes the greatest danger….”
Esther M. Friesner (1951) American writer
Source: Sphinx's Princess
Jiddu Krishnamurti (1895–1986) Indian spiritual philosopher
It has no technique and therefore no authority. When you learn about yourself, watch yourself, watch the way you walk, how you eat, what you say, the gossip, the hate, the jealousy — if you are aware of all that in yourself, without any choice, that is part of meditation.
1960s, Freedom From The Known (1969)
“[…] knowledge is our greatest wealth and the love of others the most beautiful human value.”
Jacques Dubochet (1942) Nobel prize winning Swiss chemist
French: [...] la connaissance est notre plus grande richesse et l'amour d'autrui la plus belle valeur humaine.
Source, in French: Jacques Dubochet, Parcours, Éditions Rosso, 2018, page 9 (ISBN 9782940560097).
“A person with taste is merely one who can recognize the greatest beauty in the simplest things.”
Barbara Taylor Bradford (1933) British author
Source: Her Own Rules
Neil deGrasse Tyson (1958) American astrophysicist and science communicator
At an interview with Stephen Colbert at Montclair Kimberley Academy on January 29th, 2010.
2010s
Iggy Pop (1947) American rock singer-songwriter, musician, and actor
On wearing leotards and fishnet stockings in his early performances.
Rolling Stone interview (2003)
Context: I wore that because it makes me look beautiful. I stare at myself in the mirror and I think, "Wow, I'm really great-looking."... I think I'm the greatest, anyway.
Jean-Louis Gassée (1944) French businessman
Personal Computer World, July 1990
On the user experience of the Apple Macintosh
Stanley Baldwin (1867–1947) Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Speech upon receiving the Freedom of the Burgh of Inverness, Scotland (13 June 1930), published in This Torch of Freedom (1935), pp. 191-192.
1930