Quotes 7801 till 7820 of 10331.
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The sun shineth upon the dunghill, and is not corrupted.
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The superior man is firm in the right way, and not merely firm.
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The supernatural is the natural not yet understood.
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The suppression of uncomfortable ideas may be common in religion and politics, but it is not the path to knowledge; it has no place in the endeavor of science.
Cosmos (1980) -
The supreme excellence is not to win a hundred victories in a hundred battles. The supreme excellence is to subdue the armies of your enemies without even having to fight them.
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The surest way to establish your credit is to work yourself into the position of not needing any.
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The surest way to fail is not to determine to succeed.
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The task is to transform society; only the people can do that - not heroes, not celebrities, not stars.
Revolutionary Suicide (2009) -
The task of an American writer is not to describe the misgivings of a woman taken in adultery as she looks out of a window at the rain but to describe four hundred people under the lights reaching for a foul ball. This is ceremony.
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The task of the leader is to get his people from where they are to where they have not been.
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The task of the modern educator is not to cut down jungles, but to irrigate deserts.
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The task we must set for ourselves is not to feel secure, but to be able to tolerate insecurity.
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The teacher gives not of his wisdom, but rather of his faith and lovingness.
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The teacher pretended that algebra was a perfectly natural affair, to be taken for granted, whereas I didn't even know what numbers were. Mathematics classes became sheer terror and torture to me. I was so intimidated by my incomprehension that I did not dare to ask any questions.
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The television critic, whatever his pretensions, does not labor in the same vineyard as those he criticizes; his grapes are all sour.
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The tendency of life is not the preservation of the species, but solely the preservation of each individual organism, as long as it is in existence at all, and is able to carry on its life processes.
Nervous Ills their Cause and Cure (1922) -
The tendency of old age to the body, say the physiologists, is to form bone. It is as rare as it is pleasant to meet with an old man whose opinions are not ossified.
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The terrible thing is that one cannot be a Communist and not let oneself in for the shameful act of recantation. One cannot be a Communist and preserve an iota of one's personal integrity.
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