Our monthly selection of recently encountered quotes – and this time we have lots of short quotes.
It’s frightful that people who are so ignorant should have so much influence.
[George Orwell]
Wrong does not cease to be wrong because the majority share in it.
[Leo Tolstoy]
The highest form of knowledge is empathy, for it requires us to suspend our egos and live in another’s world.
[Plato]
Whenever one person stands up and says “Wait a minute, this is wrong”, it helps other people to do the same.
[Gloria Steinem]
Both optimists and pessimists contribute to society. The optimist invents the aeroplane, the pessimist the parachute.
[George Bernard Shaw]
You won’t learn anything if you think you know everything already. Humility is necessary for growth.
[Richard Feynman]
The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.
[Ecclesiastes 1:9]
The sign of intelligence is that you are constantly wondering. Idiots are always dead sure about every damn thing they are doing in their life.
[unknown]
To achieve justice without losing compassion, what’s important is to avoid doing harm. Helping sentient beings can be a source of great satisfaction. All of us, animals as well, have basic rights that we need to protect.
[Dalai Lama]
Life has no place from where it comes. It’s like putting on your pants. However, our face is solemn. Therefore it is said, the 10,000 things return to the one. Death has no place to go. It is like taking off one’s pants. However, our traces are dropped away. Therefore it is said, to where does the one return? At this very time, how is it? From the beginning, life and death do not involve each other. Offense & happiness are both empty with no place to abide.
[Eihei Dogen]
If a book told you something when you were fifteen, it will tell you it again when you’re fifty, though you may understand it so differently that it seems you’re reading a whole new book.
[Ursula K Le Guin]
If you’re resting but you’re shaming yourself for not being productive the whole time, that’s not actually rest. If you find that you’re chronically tired, this could be why.
[Iris McAlpin]
There’s a fine line between a butler and a stalker.
[unknown]
You should never he ashamed to admit you have been wrong. It only proves you are wiser today then yesterday.
[Jonathan Swift]
I think sometimes we need to take a step back and just remember we have no greater right to be here than any other animal.
[David Attenborough]
Satire is meant to ridicule power. If you are laughing at people who are hurting, it’s not satire, it’s bullying.
[Terry Pratchett]
Nobody figures out what life is all about and it doesn’t matter. Explore the world. Nearly everything is really interesting if you go into it deeply enough.
[Richard Feynman]
There is no harm in doubt and skepticism, for it is through these that new discoveries are made.
[Richard Feynman]