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To think the world therefore a general Bedlam, or place of madmen, and oneself a physician, is the most necessary point of present wisdom: an important imagination, and the way to happiness.
by Thomas Traherne (Clergyman, British , born in 1636) keywords: general, happiness, imagination, important, madmen, most, necessary, oneself, physician, place, point, present, therefore, think, way, wisdom , world Where misunderstanding serves others as an advantage, one is helpless to make oneself understood.
by Lionel Trilling (Critic, American , born in 1905) keywords: advantage, helpless, make, misunderstanding, oneself, others, serves, understood , where One may speak about anything on earth with fire, with enthusiasm, with ecstasy, but one only speaks about oneself with avidity.
by Ivan Turgenev (Novelist, Russian , born in 1818) keywords: anything, earth, ecstasy, enthusiasm, fire, may, oneself, only, speak , speaks To desire and expect nothing for oneself and to have profound sympathy for others is genuine holiness.
by Ivan Turgenev (Novelist, Russian , born in 1818) keywords: desire, expect, genuine, holiness, nothing, oneself, others, profound , sympathy The seated lotus postures are an amazing way to go into meditation, or simply just to take a moment to ground oneself.
by Christy Turlington (Model, American , born in 1969) keywords: amazing, go, ground, into, just, lotus, meditation, moment, oneself, postures, seated, simply, take , way The folly of mistaking a paradox for a discovery, a metaphor for a proof, a torrent of verbiage for a spring of capital truths, and oneself for an oracle, is inborn in us.
by Paul Valery (Poet, French , born in 1871) topics: Science keywords: capital, discovery, folly, inborn, metaphor, oneself, oracle, paradox, proof, spring, torrent, truths , us Human beings are so made that the ones who do the crushing feel nothing; it is the person crushed who feels what is happening. Unless one has placed oneself on the side of the oppressed, to feel with them, one cannot understand.
by Simone Weil (Philosopher, French , born in 1909) keywords: beings, cannot, crushed, crushing, feel, feels, happening, human, made, nothing, ones, oneself, oppressed, person, placed, side, them, understand , unless A taste for irony has kept more hearts from breaking than a sense of humor, for it takes irony to appreciate the joke which is on oneself.
by Jessamyn West (Author, American , born in 1902) topics: Humor keywords: appreciate, breaking, hearts, humor, irony, joke, kept, more, oneself, sense, takes, taste, than , which I always pass on good advice. It is the only thing to do with it. It is never of any use to oneself.
by Oscar Wilde (Dramatist, Irish , born in 1970) keywords: advice, always, any, good, never, oneself, only, pass, thing , use The only thing to do with good advice is to pass it on. It is never of any use to oneself.
by Oscar Wilde (Dramatist, Irish , born in 1970) keywords: advice, any, good, never, oneself, only, pass, thing , use It is curious how instinctively one protects the image of oneself from idolatry or any other handling that could make it ridiculous, or too unlike the original to be believed any longer.
by Virginia Woolf (Author, British , born in 1970) keywords: any, believed, could, curious, handling, how, idolatry, image, instinctively, longer, make, oneself, original, other, protects, ridiculous, too , unlike Employ oneself upon trifling professional matters which others could do.
by James Wyatt (Architect, English , born in 1746) keywords: could, employ, matters, oneself, others, professional, trifling, upon , which
