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MARCUS AURELIUS The person who says he knows what he thinks but cannot express it usually does not know what he thin...
MORTIMER J. ADLER A human being fashions his consequences as surely as he fashions his goods or his dwelling. Nothing ...
NORMAN COUSINS A human being fashions his consequences as surely as he fashions his goods or his dwelling his goods...
NORMAN COUSINS Behavior is what a man does, not what he thinks, feels, or believes
SOURCE UNKNOWN Behavior is what a man does, not what he thinks, feels, or believes.
ANONYMOUS Behavior is what a man does, not what he thinks, feels, or believes.
EMILY DICKINSON Behavior is what a man does, not what he thinks, feels, or believes
They never say to you, 'What does his voice sound like? What games does he love best? Does he collec...
ANTOINE DE SAINT-EXUPERY How much more grevious are the consequences of anger than the causes of it. -Marcus Aurelius.
MARCUS AURELIUS A man's thoughts dye his soul, attributed to Marcus Aurelius
ELISABETH ELLIOT He who says what he likes, hears what he does not like
SPANISH PROVERB He is a hypocrite who professes what he does not believe; not he who does not practice all he wishes...
WILLIAM HAZLITT He who says what he likes, must hear what he does not like.
LORD ALFRED TENNYSON He does much who loves God much, and he does much who does his deed well, and he does his deed well ...
THOMAS KEMPIS A person's worth is contingent upon who he is, not upon what he does, or how much he has. The worth ...
ALICE MARY HILTON Modern man thinks he loses something - time - when he does not do things quickly. Yet he does not kn...
ERICH FROMM Modern man thinks he loses something - time - when he does not do things quickly. Yet he does not kn...
ERICH FROMM He who does not know how to look back at where he came from will never get to his destination.
JOSE RIZAL I know he'll be ecstatic. I think that he might be embarrassed or -- I don't know. It will be intere...
ALISHA MARIGONI A person who does not know as how the selfish people LOOK LIKE can easily spot them by seeing only t...
ANUJ SOMANY A man who says that he knows everything, does not know how to be meek.
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THOMAS A KEMPIS He who learns but does not think, is lost! He who thinks but does not learn is in great danger.
CONFUCIUS He who learns but does not think, is lost! He who thinks but does not learn is in great danger.
CONFUCIUS He who learns but does not think is lost. He who thinks but does not learn is in great danger.
ELEANOR ROOSEVELT The skeptic does not mean him who doubts, but him who investigates or researches, as opposed to him ...
MIGUEL DE UNAMUNO The skeptic does not mean him who doubts, but him who investigates or researches, as opposed to him ...
MIGUEL DE UNAMUNO Man does not speak because he thinks; he thinks because he speaks. Or rather, speaking is no differe...
OCTAVIO PAZ I don't know if Marcus knows how important that moment was to me. How much he actually saved me from...
CECELIA AHERN What is the benefit of fasting in our body while filling our souls with innumerable evils? He who do...
SAINT BASIL They never say to you, 'What does his voice sound like? What games does he love best? Does he collec...
ANTOINE DE SAINT-EXUPéRY He does not weep who does not see.
VICTOR HUGO An irony of whole life story is that a person who says or does honestly good for others is not so mu...
ANUJ SOMANY (Bean) is such a dedicated person. He?s the type of guy that says what he does and does what he says...
KATHIE LYNCH He's a honest man who does what he says,
STEVE HARVEY When a person acts without knowledge of what he thinks, feels, needs or wants, he does not yet have ...
CLARK MOUSTAKAS He is a fool who thinks that another does not think.
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WAYNE GRETZKY Is that all time is - our perception of how quickly it does or does not pass?
DOUGLAS COUPLAND Wrong is wrong, no matter who does it or who says it.
MALCOLM X In a drama, does one see what comes forth in front of him or does he see after remembering the past?...
DADA BHAGWAN A poor soul burdened with a corpse,' Epictetus calls you.
MARCUS AURELIUS In Boston they ask, how much does he know? In New York, how much is he worth? In Philadelphia, who w...
MARK TWAIN Do what your teacher says but not what he does.
TURKISH PROVERB Grown-ups love figures... When you tell them you've made a new friend they never ask you any questio...
ANTOINE DE SAINT-EXUPéRY A man should be judged by what he does, not who he is or where he’s from.
MICHAEL G. SOUTHWICK When we find a thinker reflecting or echoing an apparently erroneous, narrow, or even illogical thou...
THOMAS L. PANGLE NEIGHBOR, n. One whom we are commanded to love as ourselves, and who does all he knows how to make u...
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JUDITH ERWIN God does not DEMAND
What He does not COMMAND
One these last DAYS
Do what God SAYS...
ISRAELMORE AYIVOR I can physically see the effort it takes for him to open his mouth and force out the words. He's spe...
KELLEY YORK Religion is doing; a man does not merely think his religion or feel it, he lives his religion as muc...
GEORGE GURDJIEFF Religion is doing; a man does not merely think his religion or feel it, he ''lives'' his religion as...
GURDJIEFF The fact that he does not tell me the truth all the time makes me not sure of his truth at certain t...
LYDIA DAVIS This yoga is not possible, for the one who eats too much, or who does not eat at all; who sleeps too...
BHAGAVAD GITA Roland glares at Connor and Connor glares back. Then he says what he always says at moments like thi...
NEAL SHUSTERMAN Infidelity does not consist in believing, or in disbelieving; it consists in professing to believe w...
THOMAS PAINE Each man takes care that his neighbor shall not cheat him. But a day comes when he begins to care th...
RALPH WALDO EMERSON She is very plain. What does Henry see in her?'"
"He thinks she's stupid. He finds it restful.
HILARY MANTEL To be or not to be isn't the question. The question is how to prolong being.
TOM ROBBINS An orator is a man who says what he thinks and feels what he says.
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN How much does he lack himself, he who must have many things?
SEN NO RIKYū To those who would call me a thug or worse because I show passion on a football field - don't ju...
RICHARD SHERMAN I'm not a model or an actress; I'm just a 23 year old who likes to talk about science. Why d...
ELISE ANDREW If your friend says of some picture, "Yes, but what does it mean?" ask him, what his carpet means or...
STEPHEN POTTER To be, or not to be, that is the question.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE He did what a judge should do, not give any indication on any specific case or how he might look at ...
JOHN ROBERTS A photographic portrait is a picture of someone who knows he is being photographed, and what he does...
RICHARD AVEDON He who does not consider others' opinions does not deserve to have his considered in return.
TROY PEW He who does not reflect his life back to God in gratitude does not know himself.
ALBERT SCHWEITZER How much does he lack himself who must have many things?
SEN NO RIKYū When one does what is within his control, he knows his only weakness ; but when he does beyond his c...
ANUJ SOMANY A man does not make his destiny: he accepts it or denies it.
URSULA K. LE GUIN He who does not look ahead always remains behind.
ESAN MAGAZINE When you are outraged by somebody’s impudence, ask yourself at once, “Can the world exist withou...
MARCUS AURELIUS ANTONIUS You need to avoid certain things in your train of thought: everything random, everything irrelevant....
MARCUS AURELIUS He did what a judge should do — not give any indication on any specific case or how he might ...
JOHN ROBERTS A boy becomes an adult three years before his parents think he does, and about two years after he th...
LEWIS B HERSHEY A boy becomes an adult three years before his parents think he does,
and about two years after he th...
LEWIS B HERSHEY A boy becomes an adult three years before his parents think he does, and about two years after he th...
LEWIS B. HERSHEY Insanity should be defined as someone's perspective that what another person does or thinks is wrong...
DANIEL POLISENO There is a Law that man should love his neighbor as himself. In a few years it should be as natural ...
ALFRED ADLER He who does not say too much has too much to say.
SOURCE UNKNOWN The new ambassador's approach is reassuring. This is a person who does not see his post merely as a ...
SERGEI LAVROV The superior man...does not set his mind either for anything, or against anything; what is right he ...
CONFUCIUS ...but doth not the person who expends vast sums in the furniture of his house or the ornaments of h...
HENRY FIELDING What does he do, Clarice? What is the first and principal thing he does, what need does he serve by ...
THOMAS HARRIS For I look upon it, that he who does not mind his belly will
hardly mind anything else.
SAMUEL JOHNSON Who's the bigger person in the end? The man who allows his dog to do what he does or the dog, who gi...
BRUCE DERN You can construct the character of a man and his age not only from what he does and says, but from w...
NORMAN DOUGLAS You can construct the character of a man and his age not only from what he does and says, but from w...
GEORGE NORMAN DOUGLAS He who does not know how to create should not know.
ANTONIO PORCHIA There is a law that man should love his neighbor as himself. In a few hundred years it should be as ...
ALFRED ADLER There is a law that man should love his neighbor as himself. In a few hundred years it should be as ...
ALFRED ADLER It is very good advice to believe only what an artist does, rather than what he says about his work.
DAVID HOCKNEY No matter what you or anyone else does, there will be someone who says that there's something ba...
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MARCUS AURELIUS Look beneath the surface; let not the several quality of a thing nor its worth escape thee.
MARCUS AURELIUS Because your own strength is unequal to the task, do not assume that it is beyond the powers of man;...
MARCUS AURELIUS We are too much accustomed to attribute to a single cause that which is the product of several, and ...
MARCUS AURELIUS Accept the things to which fate binds you, and love the people with whom fate brings you together, b...
MARCUS AURELIUS A noble man compares and estimates himself by an idea which is higher than himself; and a mean man, ...
MARCUS AURELIUS Never let the future disturb you. You will meet it, if you have to, with the same weapons of reason ...
MARCUS AURELIUS When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive - to breathe, to...
MARCUS AURELIUS Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.
MARCUS AURELIUS Aptitude found in the understanding and is often inherited. Genius coming from reason and imaginatio...
MARCUS AURELIUS For a man can lose neither the past nor the future; for how can one take from him that which is not ...
MARCUS AURELIUS From the philosopher Catulus, never to be dismissive of a friend's accusation, even if it seems unre...
MARCUS AURELIUS He misses what is meant by epigram - who thinks it only frivolous flimflam
MARCUS AURELIUS 'Tis easy to write epigrams nicely but to write a book is hard
MARCUS AURELIUS The object in life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ra...
MARCUS AURELIUS I would rather smell of nothing than of perfume
MARCUS AURELIUS Take away your opinion, and then there is taken away the complaint, 'I have been harmed.' Take away ...
MARCUS AURELIUS Come, Caesar, even by night - let stars delay; If thou but come, thy folk will find it day
MARCUS AURELIUS To the wise, life is a problem; to the fool, a solution
MARCUS AURELIUS Tomorrow is nothing, today is too late; the good lived yesterday
MARCUS AURELIUS The guest at the lower end of the middle couch, with three hairs on his bald head and his scalp stre...
MARCUS AURELIUS Begin each day by telling yourself: Today I shall be meeting with interference, ingratitude, insolen...
MARCUS AURELIUS Be like a headland of rock on which the waves break incessantly; but it stands fast and around it th...
MARCUS AURELIUS Your days are numbered. Use them to throw open the windows of your soul to the sun. If you do not, t...
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