"Sound opinions are valueless. What matters is who holds them."

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Source : Karl Kraus (1976). “Half-truths & one-and-a-half truths: selected aphorisms”

Karl Kraus

#Opinion Quotes #Valueless Quotes

“Many wonderful, creative people have won Oscars, so if you win one, you're in their company.”
“It is precisely through the onset of old age, through loss or personal tragedy, that the spiritual dimension would traditionally come into people's lives. This is to say, their inner purpose would emerge only as their outer purpose collapsed and the shell of the ego would begin to crack open. The emphasis shifts from doing to Being, and our civilization, which is lost in doing, knows nothing of Being. It asks: being? What do you do with it?”
“I know how men in exile feed on dreams.”
“You cannot find any peace by escaping from human pain and suffering; you have to find peace and harmony right in the midst of human pain. That is the purpose of spiritual life”

Source : Dainin Katagiri (2008). “Each Moment Is the Universe: Zen and the Way of Being Time”, p.60, Shambhala Publications
“Fear is never a reason for quitting; it is only an excuse.”
“A world without Tony Randall is a world that I cannot recognize.”

Source : "Tony Randall Remembered". "Larry King Live", transcripts.cnn.com. May 18, 2004.
“There is nothing like a parade to elicit the proper respect for the military from the populace.”
“You'd better know what you want, because you'll probably get it.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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