"All too willingly man sees himself as the centre of the universe, as something not belonging to the rest of nature but standing apart as a different and higher being. Many people cling to this error and remain deaf to the wisest command ever given by a sage, the famous "Know thyself" inscribed in the temple of Delphi."

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Source : Konrad Lorenz (2005). “On Aggression”, p.99, Routledge

Konrad Lorenz

#Men Quotes #Errors Quotes #People Quotes

“Let the child feel Christ is near him; By your faith will grow his own; Death nor danger will affright him If he never feels alone.”

Source : Maud Lindsay (2005). “Mother Stories”, p.110, 1st World Publishing
“Until now, he has never told the full story of his life, in his own voice.”
“My name is growing all the time, and Iâ€™ve lived a very long, long time; so my name is like a story. Real names tell you the story of the things they belong to in my language, in the Old Entish as you might say. It is a lovely language, but it takes a very long time to say anything in it, because we do not say anything in it, unless it is worth taking a long time to say, and to listen to.”
“The innocent moon, that nothing does but shine,Moves all the labouring surges of the world.”

Source : Francis Thompson (2002). “Poems of Francis Thompson”, p.77, A&C Black
“It's true the people we meet shape us. But the people we don't meet shape us also, often more because we have imagined them so vividly. There are people we yearn for but never seem to meet.”
“I stand by my opinions when I know I'm right, Captain Phelan. Whereas you stand by yours merely because you're stubborn.”
“We were not sent by Father in Heaven just to be born. We were sent to endure and return to Him with honor.”
“Real estate sales was perfect training for the experience to go into public life because you learn to accept rejection, learn to meet new people, learn to work with people and find common ground. That's the way you sell houses... that's also the way you win over constituency.”

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