"When proven wrong, the wise man will correct himself and the ignorant will keep arguing."

-- Ali ibn Abi Talib

#Wise Quotes #Men Quotes #Ignorant Quotes

“I have great confidence in the common sense of mankind in general.”
“We are no more free agents than the queen of clubs when she victoriously takes prisoner the knave of hearts.”
“It is important for practical and psychological reasons to call any reasonably stable group that rears children a family.... The advantage of this view is that traditional and nontraditional families can all be seen to serve the interests of children. Children can also feel comfortable with an approved family form, even if it is not traditional.”
“The gods too are fond of a joke.”
“I don't believe in people who think that clothes are not important.”
“Perhaps we don't want to come face to face with the unsurrendered areas of our lives. We like our lives just as they are, even if it is less than God's best.”
“Capra is an old-time movie craftsman, the master of every trick in the bag, and in many ways he is more at home with the medium than any other Hollywood director. But all of his details give the impression of contrived effect.”

Source : Manny Farber (2016). “Farber on Film: The Complete Film Writings of Manny Faber: A Special Publication of The Library of America”, p.600, Library of America
“Light, Love, and Will - the one is as necessary as the other; the one is dangerous without the others. Light, Love, and Will are the three eternal, vital sources of the higher, truer, purer cosmic life.”

Source : Ameen Rihani (2016). “The Book of Khalid: A Critical Edition”, p.183, Syracuse University Press

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