Do not desire chiefly to be cherished and consoled by God; desire above all to love Him. Do not anxiously desire to have others find consolation in God, but rather help them to love God. Do not seek consolation in talking about God, but speak of Him ...
Relativism poses as humble by saying: “We are not smart enough to know what the truth is—or if there is any universal truth.” It sounds humble. But look carefully at what is happening. It’s like a servant saying: I am not smart enough to know...
To think that because those who wield power in society wield in the end that of government, therefore it is of no use to attempt to influence the constitution of the government by acting on opinion, is to forget that opinion is itself one of the grea...
You cannot have qualifications without experience; and you cannot have experience without personal interest and bias. That may not be an ideal arrangement; but it is the way the world is built and we must make the best of it. p 242
She, too, spoke only when the queen or king addressed her first, but she looked searchingly at every supplicant, and her clear face said that she had opinions about everything she heard, and that it was her proud duty to think out those opinions, and...
While they were speaking of - in their opinion - great things, around about them only little things - also in their opinion - were happening: everywhere the bushes were turning green, the brooding earth was germinating and beginning to play with her ...
I believe in intuition and inspiration. Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited, whereas imagination embraces the entire world, stimulating progress, giving birth to evolution. It is, strictly speaking, a real factor in...
If by any chance a playwright wishes to express a political opinion or a moral opinion or a philosophy, he must be a good enough craftsman to do it with so much spice of entertainment in it that the public get the message without being aware of it.
But, as has well pointed out, truth is more likely to come out of error, if this is clear and definite, than out of confusion, and my experience teaches me that it is better to hold a well-understood and intelligible opinion, even if it should turn o...
Real freedom is freedom from the opinions of others. Above all, freedom from your opinions about yourself.
Lisbeth Salander: Something wrong with the report? Dirch Frode: No, no. It was quite thorough. I'm more interested in what's not in it. Lisbeth Salander: There's nothing "not in it". Dirch Frode: Your opinion of him isn't . Lisbeth Salander: He's cle...
To the extent I am known, I think I am known as a person who expresses his opinion freely about things - and I was sensitive to the possibility that if I was seen taking money for saying nice things about a product, my comments and choices and opinio...
With Cosmic Ordering you will never eat humble pie again.
We must surrender ourselves to God, not our assignments.
Any work that aspires, however humbly, to the condition of art should carry its justification in every line.
In all seriousness, I'm flattered and humbled to have been asked to reprise my role as Luke in the 'Veronica Mars' movie.
Every time you publish a book, be prepared to eat a fresh slice of humble pie.
I just want to make it very clear that I come from very humble beginnings, and I worked for everything!
Rome has grown since its humble beginnings that it is now overwhelmed by its own greatness.
My parents are very humble people who have simple lives... they live in a pleasant little town in China.
Nothing humbles a rich man better than a poor man that isn’t willing to do ‘anything’ for money.
