The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
False words are not only evil in themselves, but they infect the soul with evil.
Let him that would move the world first move himself.
Beware the barrenness of a busy life.
My advice to you is get married: if you find a good wife you'll be happy; if not, you'll become a philosopher.
Wisdom begins in wonder.
He is a man of courage who does not run away, but remains at his post and fights against the enemy.
It is not living that matters, but living rightly.
I was really too honest a man to be a politician and live.
The unexamined life is not worth living.
If a man is proud of his wealth, he should not be praised until it is known how he employs it.
One who is injured ought not to return the injury, for on no account can it be right to do an injustice; and it is not right to return an injury, or to do evil to any man, however much we have suffered from him.
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Tuesday, March 11, 2014
Thursday, January 23, 2014
Quotes from Aristotle
The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.
You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor.
Quality is not an act, it is a habit.
A true friend is one soul in two bodies.
The worst form of inequality is to try to make unequal things equal.
The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.
Anybody can become angry - that is easy, but to be angry with the right person and to the right degree and at the right time and for the right purpose, and in the right way - that is not within everybody's power and is not easy.
It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.
There is no great genius without a mixture of madness.
What it lies in our power to do, it lies in our power not to do.
The law is reason, free from passion.
The ideal man bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace, making the best of circumstances.
Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees the others.
You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor.
Quality is not an act, it is a habit.
A true friend is one soul in two bodies.
The worst form of inequality is to try to make unequal things equal.
The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.
Anybody can become angry - that is easy, but to be angry with the right person and to the right degree and at the right time and for the right purpose, and in the right way - that is not within everybody's power and is not easy.
It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.
There is no great genius without a mixture of madness.
What it lies in our power to do, it lies in our power not to do.
The law is reason, free from passion.
The ideal man bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace, making the best of circumstances.
Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees the others.
Thursday, September 5, 2013
Quotes from Mother Teresa
Spread love everywhere you go. Let no one ever come to you without leaving happier.
If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other.
We think sometimes that poverty is only being hungry, naked and homeless. The poverty of being unwanted, unloved and uncared for is the greatest poverty. We must start in our own homes to remedy this kind of poverty.
Peace begins with a smile.
We shall never know all the good that a simple smile can do.
We ourselves feel that what we are doing is just a drop in the ocean. But the ocean would be less because of that missing drop.
If you want a love message to be heard, it has got to be sent out. To keep a lamp burning, we have to keep putting oil in it.
Let us not be satisfied with just giving money. Money is not enough, money can be got, but they need your hearts to love them. So, spread your love everywhere you go.
The miracle is not that we do this work, but that we are happy to do it.
Joy is a net of love by which you can catch souls.
There must be a reason why some people can afford to live well. They must have worked for it. I only feel angry when I see waste. When I see people throwing away things that we could use.
If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other.
We think sometimes that poverty is only being hungry, naked and homeless. The poverty of being unwanted, unloved and uncared for is the greatest poverty. We must start in our own homes to remedy this kind of poverty.
Peace begins with a smile.
We shall never know all the good that a simple smile can do.
We ourselves feel that what we are doing is just a drop in the ocean. But the ocean would be less because of that missing drop.
If you want a love message to be heard, it has got to be sent out. To keep a lamp burning, we have to keep putting oil in it.
Let us not be satisfied with just giving money. Money is not enough, money can be got, but they need your hearts to love them. So, spread your love everywhere you go.
The miracle is not that we do this work, but that we are happy to do it.
Joy is a net of love by which you can catch souls.
There must be a reason why some people can afford to live well. They must have worked for it. I only feel angry when I see waste. When I see people throwing away things that we could use.
Monday, May 13, 2013
Quotes from Oscar Wilde
I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying.
Always forgive your enemies - nothing annoys them so much.
Keep love in your heart. A life without it is like a sunless garden when the flowers are dead.
Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go.
Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes.
There is only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.
Ordinary riches can be stolen; real riches cannot. In your soul are infinitely precious things that cannot be taken from you.
No great artist ever sees things as they really are. If he did, he would cease to be an artist.
A man who does not think for himself does not think at all.
The truth is rarely pure and never simple.
No man is rich enough to buy back his past.
Art is the most intense mode of individualism that the world has known.
Who, being loved, is poor?
What is a cynic? A man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.
Always forgive your enemies - nothing annoys them so much.
Keep love in your heart. A life without it is like a sunless garden when the flowers are dead.
Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go.
Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes.
There is only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.
Ordinary riches can be stolen; real riches cannot. In your soul are infinitely precious things that cannot be taken from you.
No great artist ever sees things as they really are. If he did, he would cease to be an artist.
A man who does not think for himself does not think at all.
The truth is rarely pure and never simple.
No man is rich enough to buy back his past.
Art is the most intense mode of individualism that the world has known.
Who, being loved, is poor?
What is a cynic? A man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.
Monday, April 15, 2013
Quotes from Edgar Allan Poe
Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things that escape those who dream only at night.
All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream.
If you wish to forget anything on the spot, make a note that this thing is to be remembered.
I have great faith in fools; self-confidence my friends call it.
Experience has shown, and a true philosophy will always show, that a vast, perhaps the larger portion of the truth arises from the seemingly irrelevant.
I am above the weakness of seeking to establish a sequence of cause and effect, between the disaster and the atrocity.
Poetry is the rhythmical creation of beauty in words.
Stupidity is a talent for misconception.
It is by no means an irrational fancy that, in a future existence, we shall look upon what we think our present existence, as a dream.
To vilify a great man is the readiest way in which a little man can himself attain greatness.
There is an eloquence in true enthusiasm.
Of puns it has been said that those who most dislike them are those who are least able to utter them.
With me poetry has not been a purpose, but a passion.
All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream.
If you wish to forget anything on the spot, make a note that this thing is to be remembered.
I have great faith in fools; self-confidence my friends call it.
Experience has shown, and a true philosophy will always show, that a vast, perhaps the larger portion of the truth arises from the seemingly irrelevant.
I am above the weakness of seeking to establish a sequence of cause and effect, between the disaster and the atrocity.
Poetry is the rhythmical creation of beauty in words.
Stupidity is a talent for misconception.
It is by no means an irrational fancy that, in a future existence, we shall look upon what we think our present existence, as a dream.
To vilify a great man is the readiest way in which a little man can himself attain greatness.
There is an eloquence in true enthusiasm.
Of puns it has been said that those who most dislike them are those who are least able to utter them.
With me poetry has not been a purpose, but a passion.
Wednesday, February 27, 2013
20 Great Albert Einstein Quotes
Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.
A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.
The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits.
Anyone who doesn't take truth seriously in small matters cannot be trusted in large ones either.
Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value.
I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious.
A table, a chair, a bowl of fruit and a violin; what else does a man need to be happy?
The only source of knowledge is experience.
Intellectuals solve problems, geniuses prevent them.
Imagination is everything. It is the preview of life's coming attractions.
Our task must be to free ourselves by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature and its beauty.
Few are those who see with their own eyes and feel with their own hearts.
It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge.
Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.
The value of a man should be seen in what he gives and not in what he is able to receive.
He who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead; his eyes are closed.
Nothing is more destructive of respect for the government and the law of the land than passing laws which cannot be enforced.
Do not worry about your difficulties in Mathematics. I can assure you mine are still greater.
Once we accept our limits, we go beyond them.
Never do anything against conscience even if the state demands it.
A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.
The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits.
Anyone who doesn't take truth seriously in small matters cannot be trusted in large ones either.
Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value.
I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious.
A table, a chair, a bowl of fruit and a violin; what else does a man need to be happy?
The only source of knowledge is experience.
Intellectuals solve problems, geniuses prevent them.
Imagination is everything. It is the preview of life's coming attractions.
Our task must be to free ourselves by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature and its beauty.
Few are those who see with their own eyes and feel with their own hearts.
It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge.
Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.
The value of a man should be seen in what he gives and not in what he is able to receive.
He who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead; his eyes are closed.
Nothing is more destructive of respect for the government and the law of the land than passing laws which cannot be enforced.
Do not worry about your difficulties in Mathematics. I can assure you mine are still greater.
Once we accept our limits, we go beyond them.
Never do anything against conscience even if the state demands it.
Monday, January 21, 2013
Quotes from Walt Disney
A selection of quotes by Walt Disney...
"If you can dream it, you can do it."
"We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things, because we're curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths."
"All the adversity I've had in my life, all my troubles and obstacles, have strengthened me... You may not realize it when it happens, but a kick in the teeth may be the best thing in the world for you."
"When you believe in a thing, believe in it all the way, implicitly and unquestionable."
"When you're curious, you find lots of interesting things to do."
"Times and conditions change so rapidly that we must keep our aim constantly focused on the future."
"I am interested in entertaining people, in bringing pleasure, particularly laughter, to others, rather than being concerned with 'expressing' myself with obscure creative impressions."
"The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing."
"Why do we have to grow up? I know more adults who have the children's approach to life. They're people who don't give a hang what the Joneses do. You see them at Disneyland every time you go there. They are not afraid to be delighted with simple pleasures, and they have a degree of contentment with what life has brought - sometimes it isn't much, either."
"If you can dream it, you can do it."
"We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things, because we're curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths."
"All the adversity I've had in my life, all my troubles and obstacles, have strengthened me... You may not realize it when it happens, but a kick in the teeth may be the best thing in the world for you."
"When you believe in a thing, believe in it all the way, implicitly and unquestionable."
"When you're curious, you find lots of interesting things to do."
"Times and conditions change so rapidly that we must keep our aim constantly focused on the future."
"I am interested in entertaining people, in bringing pleasure, particularly laughter, to others, rather than being concerned with 'expressing' myself with obscure creative impressions."
"The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing."
"Why do we have to grow up? I know more adults who have the children's approach to life. They're people who don't give a hang what the Joneses do. You see them at Disneyland every time you go there. They are not afraid to be delighted with simple pleasures, and they have a degree of contentment with what life has brought - sometimes it isn't much, either."
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