“There is no power for change greater than a community discovering what it cares about.”
Margaret J. Wheatley (1941) American writer
Source: Turning to one another (2002), p. 55
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“Be substantially great in thyself, and more than thou appearest unto others.”
Thomas Browne book Christian Morals
Part I, Section XIX
Christian Morals (first pub. post. 1716)
“A man may be ungrateful but is less chargeable with ingratitude than his benefactor.”
François de La Rochefoucauld book Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims
Tel homme est ingrat, qui est moins coupable de son ingratitude que celui qui lui a fait du bien.
Maxim 96.
Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims (1665–1678)
“T is sweeter for thee despairing
Than aught in the world beside,—Jessy!”
Jessy.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
“From whose lips the streams of words ran sweeter than honey.”
I. 249 (tr. Richmond Lattimore); of Nestor.
Iliad (c. 750 BC)
“Rather than bring peace and harmony, the EU will cause insurgency and violence.”
Nigel Farage (1964) British politician and former commodity broker
Quote by Nigel Farage on an article in the Zimbabwe Independent, regarding the EU winning the Nobel Peace Prize, 19 October 2012. Nobel Peace Prize really deserves a new name. http://www.theindependent.co.zw/2012/10/19/nobel-peace-prize-really-deserves-a-new-name/ <br class="br">2012
“In mathematics the art of asking questions is more valuable than solving problems.”
In re mathematica ars proponendi quaestionem pluris facienda est quam solvendi.
Georg Cantor (1845–1918) mathematician, inventor of set theory
Doctoral thesis (1867); variant translation: In mathematics the art of proposing a question must be held of higher value than solving it.
“Secrets in manufactures are capable of being longer kept than secrets in trade.”
Adam Smith (1723–1790) Scottish moral philosopher and political economist
Source: (1776), Book I, Chapter VII, p. 72.
“There's more to being a human being than having your own way.”
John Updike book Rabbit at Rest
Rabbit at Rest (1990)
“All my foundation in virtue was no other than a total ignorance of vice.”
John Cleland book Fanny Hill
Page 40
Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure
“An uneasy rhythm of life
is more life like than an easy death.”
Suman Pokhrel (1967) Nepali poet, lyricist, playwright, translator and artist
<span class="plainlinks"> Khorampa https://www.poemhunter.com/poem/khorampa/</span> <br class="br">From Poetry
“Inflation itself proceeds at a speed faster than the measured speed of light.”
John Moffat book Reinventing Gravity
Source: Reinventing Gravity (2008), Chapter 6, Inflation And Variable Speed Of Light (VSL), p. 102
“I have more information in one place than anybody in the world.”
Jerry Pournelle (1933–2017) American science fiction writer and journalist
Commonly seen with the attribution "Jerry Pournelle, an absurd notion, apparently about the BIX BBS" <br class="br">Clarified in a reply to reader email http://www.jerrypournelle.com/archives2/archives2view/view402.html#Saturday in Chaos Manor View 402, February 20-26, 2006 <br class="br">Attributed
“There is nothing harder than to be told that what we hold sacred is an idol.”
James Alison (1959) Christian theologian, priest
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Faith Beyond Resentment: Fragments Catholic and Gay (2001), "Jesus' fraternal relocation of God"
“A man must not swallow more beliefs than he can digest.”
H. Havelock Ellis (1859–1939) British physician, writer, and social reformer
Source: The Dance of Life http://www.gutenberg.net.au/ebooks03/0300671.txt (1923), Ch. 5
“He is not mad. He is only more clever than you. It is not the same.”
Gene Wolfe (1931–2019) American science fiction and fantasy writer
Volume 4, Ch. 10
Fiction, The Book of the Long Sun (1993–1996)
“It is better for a leader to make a mistake in forgiving than to make a mistake in punishing.”
Muhammad (570–632) Arabian religious leader and the founder of Islam
Al-Tirmidhi, Hadith 1011
Sunni Hadith
“There is no force more potent in the modern world than stupidity fueled by greed.”
Edward Abbey (1927–1989) American author and essayist
Source: A Voice Crying in the Wilderness (Vox Clamantis in Deserto) (1990), Ch. 11 : Money Et Cetera, p. 100
“There are worse crimes than burning books. One of them is not reading them.”
Ray Bradbury (1920–2012) American writer
Actually a statement by Joseph Brodsky, as quoted in The Balancing Act : Mastering the Competing Demands of Leadership (1996) by Kerry Patterson, p. 437.
However, compare to the similar Bradbury quotes from 1993 (Seattle Times) and 2000 (Peoria Journal) above.
Misattributed
“Hold on to your dreams, Kiall. They are more important than you realise.”
David Gemmell book Quest for Lost Heroes
Source: Drenai series, Quest for Lost Heroes, Ch. 5