“It's a fine thing to have ability, but the ability to discover ability in others is the true test.”
Elbert Hubbard (1856–1915) American writer, publisher, artist, and philosopher fue el escritor del jarron azul
“It is an illusion," says Ernest Raymond," that Bishops should be chosen for their scholarship, their administrative ability, their force of will, their social gifts or other more worldly abilities, instead of the one thing needful – their sanctiity.”
The Pageant of Life (1964), On Priests & Bishops
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Jean De La Fontaine (1621–1695) French poet, fabulist and writer.
Il faut, autant qu'on peut, obliger tout le monde:
On a souvent besoin d'un plus petit que soi.
Book II (1668), fable 11.
Fables (1668–1679)
Variant: One often has need of one inferior to himself.
Václav Havel (1936–2011) playwright, essayist, poet, dissident and 1st President of the Czech Republic
International Herald Tribune (29 October 1991)
Variant translation: If your heart is in the right place and you have good taste, not only will you pass muster in politics, you are destined for it. If you are modest and do not lust after power, not only are you suited to politics, you absolutely belong there.
Context: When a man has his heart in the right place and good taste, he can not only do well in politics but is even predetermined for it. If someone is modest and does not yearn for power, he is certainly not ill-equipped to engage in politics; on the contrary, he belongs there. What is needed in politics is not the ability to lie but rather the sensibility to know when, where, how and to whom to say things.
John D. Rockefeller (1839–1937) American business magnate and philanthropist
Attributed in How to Win Friends and Influence People (1937) by Dale Carnegie
“The ability to suffer and the ability to love are one.”
Adrienne von Speyr (1902–1967) Swiss doctor and mystic
Source: Lumina and New Lumina (1969), p. 45
James Nicoll (1961) Canadian fiction reviewer
review of The Flying Sorcerers by David Gerrold and Larry Niven http://jamesdavisnicoll.com/review/exhibit-a, 2016 <br class="br">2010s
Charles Bukowski (1920–1994) American writer
Variant: Genius might be the ability to say a profound thing in a simple way.
Source: Portions from a Wine-Stained Notebook: Uncollected Stories and Essays, 1944-1990