Let us affirm what seems to be the truth, that, whether one is or is not, one and the others in relation to themselves and one another, all of them, in every way, are and are not, and appear to be and appear not to be.
Wise men speak because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something.
- Topic: Communication, Speech, Wisdom
- Location: Lake Tahoe
- Photo: Jeffrey Benjamin
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No man should be angry with what is true.
Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.
Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws.
The price good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men.
He who is of a calm and happy nature will hardly feel the pressure of age, but to him who is of an opposite disposition, youth and age are equally a burden.
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No problem is so deep that it cannot be overcome, given the will of all parties, through discussion and negotiation rather than force and violence.
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People who know what they’re talking about don’t need PowerPoint.
Meaningful silence is better than meaningless words.
Understanding a question is half an answer.
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.
If one but tell a thing well, it moves on with undying voice, and over the fruitful earth and across the sea goes the bright gleam of noble deeds ever unquenchable.
The only way to make sure people you agree with can speak is to support the rights of people you don’t agree with.
Instead of speaking saintly words we must act them.
Man's tongue is soft, and bone doth lack; yet a stroke therewith may break a man's back.
The right to free speech is more important than the content of the speech.
Think twice before you speak, because your words and influence will plant the seed of either success or failure in the mind of another.
The day will soon come when I will show the world that the transmission of power and speech without the aid of any wires is possible.
It is by the goodness of God that in our country we have those three unspeakably gracious things: freedom of speech, freedom of conscience, and the prudence never to practice either of them.
You are a fool in four letters, my son.
Grant me, O Lord my God, a mind to know you, a heart to seek you, wisdom to find you, conduct pleasing to you, faithful perseverance in waiting for you, and a hope of finally embracing you. Amen.
We should be careful to get out of an experience only the wisdom that is in it—and stop there; lest we be like the cat that sits down on a hot stove lid. She will never sit down on a hot stove lid again—and that is well; but also she will never sit down on a cold one any more.
In life, all good things come hard, but wisdom is the hardest to come by.
There is a wisdom in this beyond the rules of physic. A man’s own observation, what he finds good of and what he finds hurt of, is the best physic to preserve health.
