"Popular opinion is the greatest lie in the world."

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Source : "Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II". Book by Thomas Fuller, 1727.

Thomas Carlyle

#Lying Quotes #World Quotes #Opinion Quotes

“In the past thirty years we have learned more about the workings of the human brain than in all of previous history.”
“Let one who wants to move and convince others, first be convinced and moved themselves. If a person speaks with genuine earnestness the thoughts, the emotion and the actual condition of their own heart, others will listen because we all are knit together by the tie of sympathy.”
“Understanding a person does not mean condoning; it only means that one does not accuse him as if one were God or a judge placed above him.”
“When the meal was over we all had a quiet rest in our rooms and I meditated on the race. This is the time when an athlete feels all alone in the big world. Opponents assume tremendous stature. Any runner who denies having fears, nerves or some kind of disposition is a bad athlete, or a liar.”
“All I want is a little more than I'll ever get.”
“I imposed black; it still going strong today, for black wipes out everything else around”
“An idea is a point of departure and no more. As soon as you elaborate it, it becomes transformed by thought.”
“Life has taught me to be very cautious of a man with a dream, especially a man who has teetered on the edge of life. It gives a fire and recklessness inside that is hard to quantify.”

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