(109 quotes found)
“People only see what they are prepared to see.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
“To the dull mind nature is leaden. To the illumined mind the whole world burns and sparkles with light.”
“I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of bringing about in any way the social and political equality of the white and black races - I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of making voters or jurors of Negroes, nor of qualifying them to hold office,”
Abraham Lincoln
“It isn't safe to sit in judgment upon another person's illusion when you are not on the inside. While you are thinking it is a dream, he may be knowing it is a planet.”
Mark Twain
“We must always think about things, and we must think about things as they are, not as they are said to be.”
George Bernard Shaw
“Wise men don't need advice. Fools won't take it.”
Benjamin Franklin
“The ''kingdom of Heaven'' is a condition of the heart -not something that comes ''upon the earth'' or ''after death.''”
Friedrich Nietzsche
“Between the optimist and the pessimist, the difference is droll. The optimist sees the doughnut; the pessimist the hole!”
Oscar Wilde
“You may admire a girl's curves on the first introduction, but the second meeting shows up new angles.”
Mae West
“A thing is not necessarily true because a man dies for it.”
