In every action reflect upon the end ; and in your undertaking it, consider why you do it.
—Jeremy Taylor
Showing posts with label understanding. Show all posts
Showing posts with label understanding. Show all posts
Sunday, August 16, 2020
Friday, October 25, 2019
Friday, November 24, 2017
Post #2455
Fully to understand a grand and beautiful thought requires, perhaps, as much time as to conceive it.
—Joseph Joubert
—Joseph Joubert
Thursday, August 13, 2015
Wednesday, July 10, 2013
Post #1293
Tell me to what you pay attention and I will tell you who you are.
—José Ortega y Gasset
Friday, February 22, 2013
Post #1196
We should not write so that it is possible for the reader to understand us, but so that it is impossible for him to misunderstand us.
—Quintilian
—Quintilian
Friday, July 13, 2012
Post #1003
The ordinary man casts a shadow in a way we do not quite understand. The man of genius casts light.
—George Steiner
—George Steiner
A deadly viper once bit a hole snipe's hide; But 'twas the viper, not the snipe, that died.
- dave
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