Quotes 5081 till 5100 of 5903.
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To rescue from oblivion even a fragment of a language which men have used and which is in danger of being lost - that is to say, one of the elements, whether good or bad, which have shaped and complicated civilization - is to extend the scope of social observation and to serve civilization.
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To resist the frigidity of old age one must combine the body, the mind and the heart - and to keep them in parallel vigor one must exercise, study and love.
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To resort to power one need not be violent, and to speak to conscience one need not be meek. The most effective action both resorts to power and engages conscience.
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To rule one's anger is well; to prevent it is better.
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To safeguard one's health at the cost of too strict a diet is a tiresome illness indeed.
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To say "I love you" one must first be able to say the "I.".
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To see what is in front of one's nose needs a constant struggle.
In Front of Your Nose (1946) -
To shoot a man because one disagrees with his interpretation of Darwin or Hegel is a sinister tribute to the supremacy of ideas in human affairs - but a tribute nevertheless.
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To shun one's cross is to make it heavier.
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To sit for one's portrait is like being present at one's own creation.
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To sit in judgment of those things which you perceive to be wrong or imperfect is to be one more person who is part of judgment, evil or imperfection.
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To teach a man how he may learn to grow independently, and for himself, is perhaps the greatest service that one man can do another.
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To the question how one kind of labor can be measured against another, how the labor of the artisan can be measured against the labor of the artist, how the labor of the strong can be measured against the labor of the weak, the communists can give no answer.
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To the rulers of the state then, if to any, it belongs of right to use falsehood, to deceive either enemies or their own citizens, for the good of the state: and no one else may meddle with this privilege.
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To think, when one is no longer young, when one is not yet old, that one is no longer young, that one is not yet old, that is perhaps something.
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To understand one thing well is better than understanding many things by halves.
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