1,328 quotes found
“Talk uses up ideas. ... Once I have spoken them aloud they are lost to me dissipated into the noisy air like smoke. Only if I bury them like bulbs in the rich soil of silence do they grow.”
“Next to entertaining or impressive talk a thoroughgoing silence manages to intrigue most people.”
“Love understands love it needs no talk.”
“Handle them carefully for words have more power than atom bombs.”
“It is impossible to persuade a man who does not disagree but smiles.”
“A gossip is one who talks to you about others a bore is one who talks to you about himself and a brilliant conversationalist is one who talks to you about yourself.”
“Beware of allowing a tactless word rebuttal a rejection to obliterate the whole sky.”
“The happiness of a man in this life does not consist in the absence but in the mastery of his passions.”
“I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies the hardest victory is the victory over self.”
“He who reigns within himself and rules his passions desires and fears is more than a king.”
“Ninety percent of the world's woe comes from people not knowing themselves their abilities their frailties and even their real virtues. Most of us go almost all the way through life as complete str...”
“If I could know me I could know the universe.”
“We should know what our convictions are and stand for them. Upon one's own philosophy conscious or unconscious depends one's ultimate interpretation of facts. Therefore it is wise to be as clear as...”
“I knew what my job was it was to go out and meet the people and love them.”
“Resolve to be thyself and know that he who finds himself loses his misery.”
“Knowing others is wisdom knowing yourself is Enlightenment.”
“Follow your interests get the best available education and training set your sights high be persistent be flexible keep your options open accept help when offered and be prepared to help others.”
“As it turns out social scientists have established only one fact about single women's mental health: employment improves it.”
“As simple as it sounds we all must try to be the best person we can: by making the best choices by making the most of the talents we've been given.”
“You must love and care for yourself because that's when the best comes out.”
