Tag: Life Quotes

“The true spirit of conversation consists more in bringing out the cleverness of others than in showing a great deal of it yourself; he who goes away pleased with himself and his own wit is also greatly pleased with you. Most men…seek less to be instructed, and even to be amused, than to be praised and applauded.” – Jean de La Bruyere

“I can calculate the motion of heavenly bodies, but not the madness of people.” – Sir Isaac Newton

“You appeared to read a good deal upon her which was quite invisible to me.”

“Not invisible but unnoticed Watson. You did not know where to look, and so you missed all that was important. I can never bring you to realize the importance of sleeves, the suggestiveness of thumbnails, or the great issues that may hang from a boot-lace.”

– Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, A Case of Identity

“People will tend to leak out more of their true feelings, and certainly hostile ones, when they are drunk, sleepy, frustrated, angry, or under stress. They will later tend to excuse this, as if they weren’t themselves for the moment, but in fact they were actually being more themselves than ever.” – Robert Greene, The Laws of Human Nature

“Whenever you experience unusual gains or losses, that is precisely the time to step back and counterbalance them with some necessary pessimism or optimism. Be extra wary of sudden success and attention — they are not built on anything that lasts and they have an addictive pull. And the fall is always painful.” – Robert Greene, The Laws of Human Nature

“Rational people can readily admit their own irrational tendencies and the need to be vigilant. On the other hand, irrational people become highly emotional when challenged about the emotional roots of their decisions. They are incapable of introspection and learning. Their mistakes make them increasingly defensive.” – Robert Greene, The Laws of Human Nature

“Just as we have work colleagues we like and value, we also have friends who share our lives. The wrong friends can be as limiting as the wrong career. Our tendency to hide this from our highest consciousness is an even greater danger, since friends and family are, for many of us, the reason we do what we do. If they let us down we may find we have nothing to lean on at all. That, at least, is the fear.” – Allan Hunter, The Path of Synchronicity

“Everyone and everything that shows up in our life is a reflection of something that is happening inside of us.” – Allan Hunter, The Path of Synchronicity

“The man who has no inner life is the slave of his surroundings.” – Henri Frederic Amiel