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Inspirational Quotations #451

November 25, 2012 By Nagesh Belludi Leave a Comment

As soon|Seek roses in December, ice in June;|Hope constancy in wind, or corn in chaff;|Believe a woman or an epitaph,|Or any other thing that’s false, before|You trust in critics.
—Lord Byron (George Gordon Byron) (English Romantic Poet)

Self-respect is the fruit of discipline, the sense of dignity grows with the ability to say no to oneself.
—Abraham Joshua Heschel (American Jewish Rabbi)

Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent.
—Isaac Asimov (Russian-born American Children’s Books Writer)

Man must be disciplined, for he is by nature raw and wild.
—Immanuel Kant (Prussian German Philosopher)

So act that your principle of action might safely be made a law for the whole world.
—Immanuel Kant (Prussian German Philosopher)

To be able to look back upon one’s past life with satisfaction is to live twice.
—Martial (Ancient Roman Latin Poet)

Beware of the man who works hard to learn something, learns it, and finds himself no wiser than before. He is full of murderous resentment of people who are ignorant without having come by their ignorance the hard way.
—Kurt Vonnegut (American Novelist)

The duty of literature is to note what counts, and to light up what is suited to the light. If it ceases to choose and to love, it becomes like a woman who gives herself without preference.
—Anatole France (French Novelist)

The mind can assert anything and pretend it has proved it. My beliefs I test on my body, on my intuitional consciousness, and when I get a response there, then I accept.
—D. H. Lawrence (English Novelist)

Until he extends the circle of his compassion to all living things, man will not himself find peace.
—Albert Schweitzer (French Theologian)

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