Lord David Cecil famous quotes
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It requires as much reflection and wisdom to know what is not to be put into a sermon, as what is.
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The primary object of a student of literature is to be delighted. His duty is to enjoy himself, his efforts should be directed to developing his faculty of appreciation.
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Hypocrisy is folly. It is much easier, safer, and pleasanter to be the thing which a man aims to appear, than to keep up the appearance of being what he is not.
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It does not matter that Dickens' world is not life-like; it is alive.
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A contemplative life has more the appearance of a life of piety than any other; but it is the divine plan to bring faith into activity and exercise.
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To have too much forethought is the part of a wretch; to have too little is the part of a fool.
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A warm blundering man does more for the world than a frigid wise man.
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Power rests in tranquillity.
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One bright and thankful look at the cross is worth a thousand morbid, self-condemning reflections.
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It takes a certain ingenuous faith - but I have it - to believe that people who read and reflect more likely than not come to judge things with liberality and truth.
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Reflection is the lamp of the heart. If it departs, the heart will have no light.
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All our first movements are good, generous, heroical; reflection weakens and kills them.
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Learn to see that it is not things that bother us, that we go out to bother them. See the world as a mirror. It is all a reflection of the mind. When you know this, you can grow in every moment, and every experience reveals truth and brings understanding.
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Darkness is where we begin and where we end. We don't usually see light traveling in darkness of space because we only can see its reflection on substance.
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TV has taken reflection out of the human condition. People didn't use to have a ready answer for everything, whether they knew something about it or not. People think they have to have an answer for everything because the guys on TV have an answer for everything. But it's bullsh**t! Reflection is crucial.
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Comedy is a reflection. We create nothing. We set no styles, no standards. We're reflections. It's a distorted mirror in the fun house. We watch society. As society behaves, then we have the ability to make fun of it.
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I have no opposition at all to technology. I think technology is a wonderful thing that has to be used thoughtfully, and we can't just assume that every bit of new technology improvesthe quality of life; it's really in how the technology is used. What I am very disturbed about is this trend of everything happening faster and faster and faster and there being more and more general noise in the world, and less and less time for quiet reflection on who we are, and where we're going.
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Well, it's a good life and a good world, all said and done, if you don't weaken.
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