Quotes 3241 till 3260 of 4584.
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The greatest mistake is the trying to be more agreeable than you can be.
Biographical Studies (1881) -
The greatest obstacle to the welfare state is not greed but private charity that makes the welfare state irrelevant; the greatest obstacle to re-education of children in the name of the collective is allegiance to a higher power. More than that, the greatest obstacle to the state as god is an actual God above the state.
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The greatness of America lies not in being more enlightened than any other nation, but rather in her ability to repair her faults.
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The habit of looking on the best side of every event is worth more than a thousand pounds a years.
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The happiness and misery of men depend no less on temper than fortune.
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The happiness of every country depends upon the character of its people, rather than the form of its government.
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The happiness of this life depends less on what befalls you than the way in which you take it.
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The hardness of God is kinder than the softness of men, and His compulsion is our liberation.
Surprised by Joy (1955) -
The hatred you're carrying is a live coal in your heart - far more damaging to yourself than to them.
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The heart always sees before than the head can see.
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The hell to be endured hereafter, of which theology tells, is no worse than the hell we make for ourselves in this world by habitually fashioned our characters in the wrong way.
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The hidden child wants to be able to participate and to co-create in art, rather than being simply an admiring viewer.
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The high destiny of the individual is to serve rather than to rule...
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The high sentiments always win in the end, the leaders who offer blood, toil, tears, and sweat always get more out of their followers than those who offer safety and a good time. When it comes to the pinch, human beings are heroic.
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The higher mental development of woman, the less possible it is for her to meet a congenial male who will see in her, not only sex, but also the human being, the friend, the comrade and strong individuality, who cannot and ought not lose a single trait of her character.
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The historian, essentially, wants more documents than he can really use; the dramatist only wants more liberties than he can really take.
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The history of human opinion is scarcely anything more than the history of human errors.
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