"It requires less character to discover the faults of others, than to tolerate them."

-- Jean Antoine Petit-Senn

#Inspirational Quotes #Character Quotes #Faults Quotes

“If only I could throw away the urge to trace my patterns in your heart, I could really see you.”

Source : "Zen in the Art of Helping". Book by David Brandon, 1976.
“Marxism is always open, always critical, always self-critical.”

Source : Ernest Mandel (1994). “Revolutionary Marxism and social reality in the 20th century: collected essays”, Humanities Press Intl
“The sense of smell is the hair-trigger of memory.”

Source : Mary Stewart (1998). “Rose Cottage”, Wheeler Pub Incorporated
“I am classified as an idol in Hong Kong and in Asia.”
“To me, I think people who don't think it's a big deal to toss a plastic bottle in the garbage are not only being irresponsible, but I think they're being disrespectful of all the other humans on earth.”
“Grant me the treasure of sublime poverty: permit the distinctive sign of our order to be that it does not possess anything of its own beneath the sun, for the glory of your name, and that it have no other patrimony than begging.”
“That Hegel's theory is derivative from Fichte's does not prevent it from being strikingly original and of independent value.”
“Fashion is what seems beautiful now but looks ugly later; art can be ugly at first but it becomes beautiful later.”

Source : "A Sister’s Eulogy for Steve Jobs" by Mona Simpson, www.nytimes.com. October 30, 2011.

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