Quotes about thing page 15
“There are things that can't be said, because it's hard to have to know them.”
Ali Smith book The Accidental
Source: The Accidental
Stephen R. Covey (1932–2012) American educator, author, businessman and motivational speaker
As quoted in Teaching Sport and Physical Activity : Insights on the Road to Excellence (2003) Paul G. Schempp, p. 79
“There’s no point in believing in things that exist.”
Terry Pratchett book Small Gods
Source: Small Gods
“The most important thing to do if you find yourself in a hole is to stop digging.”
Warren Buffett (1930) American business magnate, investor, and philanthropist
Bertrand Russell (1872–1970) logician, one of the first analytic philosophers and political activist
“The thing about stories is you have to pick the ones that last.”
Terry Pratchett (1948–2015) English author
Source: The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents
“We can forgive a man for making a useful thing as long as he does not admire it”
Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) Irish writer and poet
“I didn't know that other people thought things about me. I didn't know that they looked.”
Stephen Chbosky book The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Source: The Perks of Being a Wallflower
“There are things stronger than the strongest man…”
Victor Hugo book Les Misérables
Source: Les Misérables
Cheryl Strayed book Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Dear Sugar
Source: Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Dear Sugar
“Few things are harder to put up with than the annoyance of a good example.”
Mark Twain book Pudd'nhead Wilson
Source: Pudd'nhead Wilson
“It is not enough to have a good mind. The main thing is to use it well.”
René Descartes (1596–1650) French philosopher, mathematician, and scientist
Variant: It is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is to use it well.
Source: Discourse on Method
“A man may imagine things that are false, but he can only understand things that are true.”
Isaac Newton (1643–1727) British physicist and mathematician and founder of modern classical physics
“Life is never fair, and perhaps it is a good thing for most of us that it is not.”
Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) Irish writer and poet
Ludwig Wittgenstein book Philosophical Investigations
§ 129
Philosophical Investigations (1953)
Context: The aspects of things that are most important for us are hidden because of their simplicity and familiarity. (One is unable to notice something — because it is always before one's eyes.) The real foundations of his enquiry do not strike a man at all. Unless that fact has at some time struck him. — And this means: we fail to be struck by what, once seen, is most striking and most powerful.
“Peace and joy are not things you attain at the end of life. They are the basis of your life.”
Sadhguru book Inner Engineering: A Yogi's Guide to Joy
Source: Inner Engineering: A Yogi's Guide to Joy
Albert Schweitzer (1875–1965) French-German physician, theologian, musician and philosopher
Variant translation: Until he extends his circle of compassion to include all living things, man will not himself find peace.
Variant translation: Until we extend the circle of compassion to all living things, we will not ourselves find peace.
Kulturphilosophie (1923)
“Funny, when you finally faced reality, it was amazing how clearly you could see things.”
Mary Higgins Clark book Loves Music, Loves to Dance
Source: Loves Music, Loves to Dance
“Of all things love is the most potent.”
Maria Montessori (1870–1952) Italian pedagogue, philosopher and physician
“Do not allow yourself to be misled by the surfaces of things.”
Rainer Maria Rilke book Letters to a Young Poet
Source: Letters to a Young Poet
“The important thing is not to stop questioning.”
Albert Einstein (1879–1955) German-born physicist and founder of the theory of relativity
Old Man's Advice to Youth: "Never Lose a Holy Curiosity," http://books.google.com/books?id=dlYEAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PP1&dq=Life%2C%202%20May%201955&pg=PA61#v=onepage&q=Life,%202%20May%201955&f=false LIFE magazine (2 May 1955) statement to William Miller, p. 64. <br class="br">1950s <br class="br">Context: The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existence. One cannot help but be in awe when he contemplates the mysteries of eternity, of life, of the marvelous structure of reality. It is enough if one tries merely to comprehend a little of this mystery each day. Never lose a holy curiosity. … Don't stop to marvel.
“An artist should create beautiful things, but should put nothing of his own life into them.”
Oscar Wilde book The Picture of Dorian Gray
Source: The Picture of Dorian Gray
“Things are never as bad as they seem.”
Harper Lee book To Kill a Mockingbird
Source: To Kill a Mockingbird
“The more things are forbidden, the more popular they become.”
Mark Twain (1835–1910) American author and humorist
“It's like the smarter you are, the more things can scare you.”
Katherine Paterson book Bridge to Terabithia
Source: Bridge to Terabithia
Aldo Leopold book A Sand County Almanac
Source: A Sand County Almanac, 1949, "The Land Ethic", p. 224-225.
Source: A Sand County Almanac and Sketches Here and There
Context: Examine each question in terms of what is ethically and esthetically right, as well as what is economically expedient. A thing is right when it tends to preserve the integrity, stability, and beauty of the biotic community. It is wrong when it tends otherwise.
“Life is dear to every living thing; the worm that crawls upon the ground will struggle for it.”
Solomon Northup book Twelve Years a Slave
Source: Twelve Years a Slave
“There can be no happiness if the things we believe in are different from the things we do.”
Freya Stark (1893–1993) British explorer and writer
The Journey's Echo (1963), p. 161 https://books.google.com/books?id=xlFbAAAAMAAJ&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=%22There+can+be+no+happiness+if+the+things+we+believe+in+are+different+from+the+things+we+do.%22.
“I think the most important thing about music is the sense of escape.”
Thom Yorke (1968) English musician, philanthropist and singer-songwriter
Bertrand Russell (1872–1970) logician, one of the first analytic philosophers and political activist
Lewis Carroll (1832–1898) English writer, logician, Anglican deacon and photographer
Source: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass
“My dear fellow, the truth isn't quite the sort of thing one tells to a nice, sweet, refined girl.”
Oscar Wilde The Importance of Being Earnest
Jack, Act I
Source: The Importance of Being Earnest (1895)
Diane Arbus (1923–1971) American photographer and author
“The most terrifying thing is to accept oneself completely.”
C.G. Jung (1875–1961) Swiss psychiatrist and psychotherapist who founded analytical psychology
Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) Irish writer and poet
A Few Maxims for the Instruction of the Over-Educated (1894)
“Everything in war is simple, but the simplest thing is difficult.”
Carl von Clausewitz book On War
On War (1832), Book 1
“The really important thing is not to reject anything.”
Susan Sontag (1933–2004) American writer and filmmaker, professor, and activist
Source: Reborn: Journals and Notebooks, 1947-1963
Démosthenés (-384–-322 BC) ancient greek statesman and orator
Third Olynthiac http://books.google.com/books?id=n4INAAAAYAAJ&q=&quot;the+easiest+thing+in+the+world+is+self-deceit+for+every+man+believes+what+he+wishes+though+the+reality+is+often+different&quot;&pg=PA57#v=onepage, section 19 (349 BC), as translated by Charles Rann Kennedy (1852) <br class="br">Variants: <br class="br">A man is his own easiest dupe, for what he wishes to be true he generally believes to be true. <br class="br">As quoted in The Routledge Dictionary of Quotations (1987) by Robert Andrews, p. 255 <br class="br">There is nothing easier than self-delusion. Since what man desires, is the first thing he believes.
Bertrand Russell (1872–1970) logician, one of the first analytic philosophers and political activist
