"I cannot teach anybody anything, I can only make them think." – Socrates
“I cannot teach anybody anything, I can only make them think.” – Socrates
Category: Famous Quotes by Authors
Famous Quotes by Authors :
James Agate Arabian Proverb Aristotle Richard Armour Jane Austen Henry Ward Beecher Georges Bernanos Bible Jacques BeNigne Bossuet Emily Bronte H. Jackson Brown Jr. Robert Browning John Buchan Lord Chesterfield Chinese Proverb Chuang Tzu Samuel Taylor Coleridge Denis Diderot Marlene Dietrich Diogenes of Sinope Lawrence Durrell Wayne Dyer Henry Van Dyke Ralph Waldo Emerson English Proverb Epictetus Benjamin Franklin French Proverb Thomas Hardy George Herbert Doug Horton Jean De La Fontaine Walter Savage Landor Latin Proverb Walter Lippmann Andre Maurois Comte De Mirabeau Octavio Paz Francis Picabia Ronald Reagan Antoine De Saint-Exupery William Shakespeare George Bernard Shaw Percy Bysshe Shelley Spanish Proverb Harriet Beecher Stowe Turkish Proverb Voltaire
"Above all things, reverence yourself." – Pythagoras
“Above all things, reverence yourself.” – Pythagoras
"I know I can feel bad, when I get in a bad mood, and the world can look so sad, only you make me feel good." – Madonna
“I know I can feel bad, when I get in a bad mood, and the world can look so sad, only you make me feel …
"Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe, to assure the survival and success of liberty." – John Fitzgerald Kennedy
“Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, …
"Yet one thing secures us what ever betide,/ The scriptures assures us the Lord will provide." – Isaac Newton
“Yet one thing secures us what ever betide,/ The scriptures assures us the Lord will provide.” – Isaac Newton
"The air is full of ideas. They are knocking you in the head all the time. You only have to know what you want, then forget it, and go about your business. Suddenly, the idea will come through. It was there all the time." – Henry Ford
“The air is full of ideas. They are knocking you in the head all the time. You only have to know what you want, then …
"It is very pious to say and prudent to affirm that the holy Bible can never speak untruth — whenever its true meaning is understood. But I believe nobody will deny that it is often very abstruse, and may say things which are quite different from wha" – Galileo Galilei
“It is very pious to say and prudent to affirm that the holy Bible can never speak untruth — whenever its true meaning is understood. …
"Dreams are today’s answers to tomorrow’s questions." – Edgar Cayce
“Dreams are today’s answers to tomorrow’s questions.” – Edgar Cayce
"Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing, doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before." – Edgar Allan Poe
“Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing, doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before.” – Edgar Allan Poe
"Heat cannot be separated from fire, or beauty from The Eternal." – Dante Alighieri
“Heat cannot be separated from fire, or beauty from The Eternal.” – Dante Alighieri
"I believe that the very purpose of our life is to seek happiness. That is clear. Whether one believes in religion or not, whether one believes in this religion or that religion, we all are seeking something better in life. So, I think, the very motion of our life is towards happiness…" – Dalai Lama
“I believe that the very purpose of our life is to seek happiness. That is clear. Whether one believes in religion or not, whether one …
"It was one of those March days when the sun shines hot and the wind blows cold: when it is summer in the light, and winter in the shade." – Charles Dickens
“It was one of those March days when the sun shines hot and the wind blows cold: when it is summer in the light, and …
"We are a way for the cosmos to know itself" – Dr. Carl Sagan
“We are a way for the cosmos to know itself” – Dr. Carl Sagan
"If you always put limit on everything you do, physical or anything else. It will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them." – Bruce Lee
“If you always put limit on everything you do, physical or anything else. It will spread into your work and into your life. There are …
"There is not a black America and white America and Latino America and Asian America — there is the United States of America," – Barack Obama
“There is not a black America and white America and Latino America and Asian America — there is the United States of America,” – Barack …
"Intellect is invisible to the man who has none" – Arthur Schopenhauer
“Intellect is invisible to the man who has none” – Arthur Schopenhauer
"When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth." – Arthur Conan Doyle Sr.
“When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.” – Arthur Conan Doyle Sr.
"Man approaches the unattainable truth through a succession of errors." – Aldous Huxley
“Man approaches the unattainable truth through a succession of errors.” – Aldous Huxley
"The higher the sun ariseth, the less shadow doth he cast; even so the greater is the goodness, the less doth it covet praise; yet cannot avoid its rewards in honours." – Akhenaton
“The higher the sun ariseth, the less shadow doth he cast; even so the greater is the goodness, the less doth it covet praise; yet …
"To fear death, my friends, is only to think ourselves wise, without being wise: for it is to think that we know what we do not know. For anything that men can tell, death may be the greatest good that can happen to them: but they fear it as if they knew quite well that it was the greatest of evils. And what is this but that shameful ignorance of thinking that we know what we do not know?" – Socrates
“To fear death, my friends, is only to think ourselves wise, without being wise: for it is to think that we know what we do …
"All I really need to know … I learned in kindergarten." – Robert Fulghum
“All I really need to know … I learned in kindergarten.” – Robert Fulghum
"The oldest, shortest words – "yes’ and "no" – are those which require the most thought." – Pythagoras
“The oldest, shortest words – “yes’ and “no” – are those which require the most thought.” – Pythagoras
"It is better to lead from behind and to put others in front, especially when you celebrate victory when nice things occur. You take the front line when there is danger. Then people will appreciate your leadership." – Nelson Mandela
“It is better to lead from behind and to put others in front, especially when you celebrate victory when nice things occur. You take the …
"I’d like to be more involved in making the world a better place." – Madonna
“I’d like to be more involved in making the world a better place.” – Madonna
"Water is the driving force of all nature." – Leonardo da Vinci
“Water is the driving force of all nature.” – Leonardo da Vinci
"In giving rights to others which belong to them, we give rights to ourselves and to our country" – John Fitzgerald Kennedy
“In giving rights to others which belong to them, we give rights to ourselves and to our country” – John Fitzgerald Kennedy
"The seed of a tree has the nature of a branch or twig or bud. It is a part of the tree, but if separated and set in the earth to be better nourished, the embryo or young tree contained in it takes root and grows into a new tree." – Isaac Newton
“The seed of a tree has the nature of a branch or twig or bud. It is a part of the tree, but if separated …
"I think that in the discussion of natural problems we ought to begin not with the Scriptures, but with experiments, and demonstrations." – Galileo Galilei
“I think that in the discussion of natural problems we ought to begin not with the Scriptures, but with experiments, and demonstrations.” – Galileo Galilei
"Oh! death will find me long before I tire of watching you." – Francis Bacon Sr.
“Oh! death will find me long before I tire of watching you.” – Francis Bacon Sr.
"For, he that expects nothing shall not be disappointed, but he that expects much – if he lives and uses that in hand day by day – shall be full to running over." – Edgar Cayce
“For, he that expects nothing shall not be disappointed, but he that expects much – if he lives and uses that in hand day by …
"It will be found, in fact, that the ingenious are always fanciful, and the truly imaginative never otherwise than analytic." – Edgar Allan Poe
“It will be found, in fact, that the ingenious are always fanciful, and the truly imaginative never otherwise than analytic.” – Edgar Allan Poe
"The sad souls of those who lived without blame and without praise." – Dante Alighieri
“The sad souls of those who lived without blame and without praise.” – Dante Alighieri
"Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions." – Dalai Lama
“Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.” – Dalai Lama
"A merry Christmas to everybody! A happy New Year to all the world!" – Charles Dickens
“A merry Christmas to everybody! A happy New Year to all the world!” – Charles Dickens
"A religion old or new, that stressed the magnificence of the universe as revealed by modern science, might be able to draw forth reserves of reverence and awe hardly tapped by the conventional faiths. Sooner or later, such a religion will emerge." – Dr. Carl Sagan
“A religion old or new, that stressed the magnificence of the universe as revealed by modern science, might be able to draw forth reserves of …
"If you’re walking down the right path and you’re willing to keep walking, eventually you’ll make progress." – Barack Obama
“If you’re walking down the right path and you’re willing to keep walking, eventually you’ll make progress.” – Barack Obama
"To marry is to halve your rights and double your duties." – Arthur Schopenhauer
“To marry is to halve your rights and double your duties.” – Arthur Schopenhauer
"the drifting and friendless woman" – Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
“the drifting and friendless woman” – Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
"As a rock on the seashore he standeth firm, and the dashing of the waves disturbeth him not. He raiseth his head like a tower on a hill, and the arrows of fortune drop at his feet. In the instant of danger, the courage of his heart sustaineth him; and the steadiness of his mind beareth him out." – Akhenaton
“As a rock on the seashore he standeth firm, and the dashing of the waves disturbeth him not. He raiseth his head like a tower …
"An education obtained with money is worse than no education at all" – Socrates
“An education obtained with money is worse than no education at all” – Socrates