No one worth calling a man allows his moods to change his convictions; but it is by moods that we understand other men's convictions. The bigot is not he who knows he is right; every sane man knows he is right. The bigot is he whose emotions and imagination are too cold and weak to feel how it is that other men go wrong.
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Related How it infuriates a bigot, when he is forced to drag out his dark convictions! LOGAN PEARSALL SMITH To stand on the brink of what is coming, feeling eager, optimistic anticipation—with no feeli... ASK AND IT IS GIVEN There are four types of men in this world: 1. The man who knows, and knows that he knows; he is wise... IBN GABIROL There are four types of men in this world: 1. The man who knows, and knows that he knows; he is wise... SOLOMON IBN GABIROL BEN JUDAH Integrity is not everything, but it is the only thing that matters. JEFFREY FRY When a man is known to have no settled convictions of his own he can't convict other people MARK TWAIN A man who knows how little he knows is well, a man who knows how much he knows is sick. If, when you... LAO TZU It is what it is, it is what you make it. JAMES DURBIN He who knows not and knows not that he knows not is a fool. Shun him.
He who knows not and knows tha... ARAB PROVERB All the strength and force of man comes from his faith in things unseen. He who believes is strong; ... JAMES FREEMAN CLARKE It is a lie. ARTHUR MILLER Every man, at the bottom of his heart, wants to do right. But only he can do right who knows right; ... TIORIO He Who Knows And Knows That He Knows Is A Wise Man - Follow Him; He Who Knows Not And Knows Not... CONFUCIUS Every man has his secret sorrows which the world knows not; and often times we call a man cold when ... HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW 35. God is entitled to a portion of our income—not because He needs it but because we need to give... JAMES C. DOBSON The fact that man knows right from wrong proves his intellectual superiority to other creatures; but... MARK TWAIN It is the tragedy of the world that no one knows what he doesn't know - and the less a man knows, th... JOYCE CARY He who knows that enough is enough will always have enough. LAO TZU I am Happy and satisfied with what I am.
10000 will take me wrong, 1000 will go against me, 100 will... NEHA KOTHARI If our mind was an ocean then every now and then we would have the perfect storm happening in it.Gar... GARY F EVANS... All men make mistakes, but a good man yields when he knows his course is wrong, and repairs the evil... BOHDI SANDERS The fact that man knows right from wrong proves his intellectual superiority to the other creatures;... MARK TWAIN Life is weird and wonderful like that, is it not. SONYA.E.WILLIAMS Men are four:
He who knows not and knows not he knows not, he is a fool--shun
him;
He who kno... LADY BURTON The greatest error of a man is to think that he is weak by nature, evil by nature. Every man is divi... RAMANA MAHARSHI The person who knows his calling will not be embarrassed in front of great and famous people because... SUNDAY ADELAJA I regret that I wasn't more successful with my marriages, but it is what it is. TED TURNER Each of us knows it all, and knows he knows it all—the rest, to a man, are fools and eluded. One m... MARK TWAIN He who knows he who knows not, and knows not that he knows not, is a fool, shun him; He who knows no... PROVERB Our life is a series of moments. Let them all go. Moments. All gathering towards this one. NOW IS GOOD The man who is a pessimist before 48 knows too much; if he is an optimist after it he knows too litt... MARK TWAIN The man who is a pessimist before 48 knows too much; if he is an optimist after it, he knows too lit... MARK TWAIN It is a tragedy of the world that no one knows what he doesn't know -- the less a man knows, the mor... JOYCE CARY Unpredictability means what it means. I don't know how you define it. It is what it is. MICHAEL KEATON All men make mistakes, but a good man yields when he knows his course is wrong, and repairs the evil... SOPHOCLES At first, man was enslaved by the gods. But he broke their chains. Then he was enslaved by the kings... AYN RAND The man who is a pessimist before forty-eight knows too much; if he is an optimist after it he knows... MARK TWAIN He who knows not, and knows not that he knows not, is a fool, shun him; He who knows not, and knows ... PERSIAN PROVERB He who knows not, knows not, he knows not, he is a fool shun him. He who knows not and knows h... BRUCE LEE A moderately bad man knows he is not very good; a thoroughly bad man thinks he is all right. C.S. LEWIS He who knows not, knows not, he knows not, he is a fool shun him. He who knows not and he know... BRUCE LEE He who will not reason, is a bigot; he who cannot is a fool; and
he who dares not, is a slave. SIR WILLIAM DRUMMOND (2) He who will not reason is a bigot; he who cannot is a fool; and he who dares not is a slave. SIR WILLIAM DRUMMOND He who will not reason, is a bigot; he who cannot is a fool; and he who dares not is a slave. WILLIAM DRUMMOND He who will not reason is a bigot; he who cannot is a fool; and he who dares not is a slave WILLIAM DRUMMOND If he shrugs his shoulders, it is because he is no fool. He knows that once men are caught up in an ... ANTOINE DE SAINT-EXUPéRY Man... knows only when he is satisfied and when he suffers, and only his sufferings and his satisfac... JOHANN VON GOETHE The forever and a day is an illusion to the man from whence no spirit is known. For he knows not whe... SUSIE L HILL He who believes is strong; he who doubts is weak. Strong convictions precede great actions. LOUISA MAY ALCOTT He who believes is strong; he who doubts is weak. Strong convictions
precede great actions. J F CLARKE It is better to grope in the dark and wade through a million errors to reach the Truth than to entru... SUDHIR KAKAR The more a man knows, the more willing he is to learn. The less a man knows, the more positive he is... ROBERT G. INGERSOLL Sometimes love is stronger than a man's convictions. ISAAC BASHEVIS SINGER If a man has money, it is usually a sign, too, that he knows how to take care of it; don't imagine h... EDGAR WATSON HOWE Life is not a game. Still, in this life, we choose the games we live to play. J.R. RIM There may be here and there a worker who for certain reasons unexplainable to us does not join a uni... SAMUEL GOMPERS He that cannot reason is a fool. He that will not is a bigot. He that dare not is a slave. ANDREW CARNEGIE Any man worth his salt will stick up for what he believes right, but it takes a slightly better man ... GENERAL PEYTON C. MARCH Any man worth his salt will stick up for what he believes right, but it takes a slightly better man ... ANDREW JACKSON Any man worth his salt will stick up for what he believes right, but it takes a slightly better man ... ANDREW JACKSON The welfare culture tells the man he is not a necessary part of the family; he feels dispensable, hi... GEORGE GILDER He is a very calm young man who is difficult to rattle. He is a young man who knows how to battle to... ROCKY HAGER He that will not reason is a bigot; he that cannot reason is a fool; and he that dares not reason is... WILLIAM DRUMMOND He who knows not and knows not he knows not: he is a fool - shun him. He who knows not and knows he ... PROVERB You differ from a great man in only one respect: the great man was once a very little man, but he de... WILHELM REICH A man must be prepared not only to be a martyr, but to be a fool. It is absurd to say that a man is ... G.K. CHESTERTON I wonder if Tiger Woods knows that every time he tees up his golf ball, he is putting it on somethin... CARLTON FUNN The moral man is necessarily narrow in that he knows no other enemy than the 'immoral' man. ... MAX STIRNER Man hath still either toys or care: But hath no root, nor to one place is tied, but ever restless an... HENRY VAUGHAN Man hath still either toys or care: But hath no root, nor to one place is tied, but ever restless an... HENRY VAUGHAN Every man has a right to one country. He has a right to love and serve that country and to feel that... THEODORE ROOSEVELT An educated man is not judged by the answers he knows, but by how many questions he is capable of as... VIKRANT PARSAI If a man has money, it is usually a sign, too, that he knows how to take care of it; don't imagi... E. W. HOWE I think he feels badly that he's hurt his family and the university and the fans, and he wants to ri... JIM WEAVER The most happy man is he who knows how to bring into relation the end and beginning of his life. JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE The most happy man is he who knows how to bring into relation the end and beginning of his life. JOHANN VON GOETHE Moral certainty is always a sign of cultural inferiority. The more uncivilized the man, the surer he... H. L. MENCKEN Moral certainty is always a sign of cultural inferiority. The more uncivilized the man, the surer he... H.L. MENCKEN No student knows his subject: the most he knows is where and how to find out the things he does not ... WOODROW WILSON A man is newly married who tells his wife everything he knows. VIKRANT PARSAI The indiscriminate denunciation of the rich is mischievous.... No poor man was ever made richer or h... BENJAMIN HARRISON Man is the bridge of good as much as evil. He hurts and he loves. He divides and he unites. He destr... DANNY CASTILLONES SILLADA By the time a man is 35 he knows that the images of the right man, the tough man, the true man which... ROBERT BLY For Africa to me... is more than a glamorous fact. It is a historical truth. No man can know where h... MAYA ANGELOU Not one of the orthodox ministers dare preach what he thinks if he knows a majority of his congregat... ROBERT G. INGERSOLL He that will not reason is a bigot; he that cannot reason is a fool; he that dares not reason is a s... WILLIAM DRUMMOND This is a man who knows what his responsibilities are under the law. He knew that there was a govern... CHARLIE LEONARD There comes a point in every man's life when he has to say: 'Enough is enough.' LANCE ARMSTRONG He knew very well that the great majority of human conversation is meaningless. A man can get throug... PETER S. BEAGLE Right is right, and wrong is wrong, and a body ain’t got no business doing wrong when he ain’t i... MARK TWAIN When push comes to shove would people do what they felt was right, to get justice done or would they... GARY F EVANS... No man really knows about other human beings. The best he can do is to suppose that they are like hi... JOHN STEINBECK No man is so foolish but he may sometimes give another good counsel, and no man so wise that he may ... BEN JOHNSON No man is so foolish but he may sometimes give another good counsel, and no man so wise that he may ... HUNTER S. THOMPSON No man is so foolish but he may sometimes give another good counsel, and no man so wise that he may ... BEN JONSON A blind man knows he cannot see, and is glad to be led, though it be by a dog; but he that is blind ... SAMUEL BUTLER A blind man knows he cannot see, and is glad to be led, though it be by a dog; but he that is blind ... SAMUEL BUTLER An entrepreneur is a man who knows he can fail, but he does not accept to fail before he actually fa... BANGAMBIKI HABYARIMANA Every man has a right to utter what he thinks truth, and every other man has a right to knock him do... SAMUEL JOHNSON Thus, as far as he is a scientific man, as far as he knows anything, he is a materialist; out... FRIEDRICH ENGELS
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CHESTERTON The chicken does not exist only in order to produce another egg. He may also exist to amuse himself,... G.K. CHESTERTON No man demands what he desires; each man demands what he fancies he can get. Soon people forget what... G.K. CHESTERTON There is not really any courage at all in attacking hoary or antiquated things, any more than in off... G.K. CHESTERTON When a man really tells the truth, the first truth he tells is that he himself is a liar. G.K. CHESTERTON In all legends men have thought of women as sublime separately but horrible in a herd. G.K. CHESTERTON All true friendliness begins with fire and food and drink and the recognition of rain or frost. ...E... G.K. CHESTERTON Babies need not to be taught a trade, but to be introduced to a world. To put the matter shortly, wo... G.K. CHESTERTON An historic institution, which never went right, is really quite much of a miracle as an institution... G.K. CHESTERTON As for the general view that the Church was discredited by the War—they might as well say that the... G.K. CHESTERTON The paradise of my fancy is one where pigs have wings G.K. CHESTERTON ..."vers libre," (free verse) or nine-tenths of it, is not a new metre any more than sleeping in a d... G.K. CHESTERTON I do not deny, but strongly affirm, the right of the State to interfere to cure a great evil. I say ... G.K. CHESTERTON To complain that I could only be married once was like complaining that I had only been born once. G.K. CHESTERTON If you argue with a madman, it is extremely probable that you will get the worst of it; for in many ... G.K. CHESTERTON It is quite certain that the skirt means female dignity, not female submission; it can be proved by ... G.K. CHESTERTON On the third day the friends of Christ coming at daybreak to the place found the grave empty and the... G.K. CHESTERTON The center of every man's existence is a dream. Death, disease, insanity, are merely material accide... G.K. CHESTERTON I had tried to be happy by telling myself that man is an animal, like any other which sought its mea... G.K. CHESTERTON [Fairy tales] make rivers run with wine only to make us remember, for one wild moment, that they run... G.K. CHESTERTON That a good man may have his back to the wall is no more than we knew already, but that God could ha... G.K. CHESTERTON If Innocent is happy, it is because he is innocent. If he can defy the conventions, it is just becau... G.K. CHESTERTON There is something sinister about putting a leprechaun in a workhouse. The only solid comfort is tha... G.K. CHESTERTON Man may behold what ugliness he likes if he is sure that he will not worship it; but there are some ... G.K. CHESTERTON If we are calm," replied the policeman, "it is the calm of organized resistance." "Eh?" said Sy... G.K. CHESTERTON Do not be proud of the fact that your grandmother was shocked at something which your are accustomed... G.K. CHESTERTON As long as the vision of heaven is always changing, the vision of earth will be exactly the same. No... G.K. CHESTERTON I mean that we here are on the wrong side of the tapestry,' answered Father Brown. 'The things that ... G.K. CHESTERTON How you think when you lose determines how long it will be until you win. G.K. CHESTERTON The poet only asks to get his head into the heavens. It is the logician who seeks to get the heavens... G.K. CHESTERTON No man who worships education has got the best out of education... Without a gentle contempt for edu... G.K. CHESTERTON A man's minor actions and arrangements ought to be free, flexible, creative; the things that should ... G.K. CHESTERTON A detective story generally describes six living men discussing how it is that a man is dead. A mode... G.K. CHESTERTON These are the days when the Christian is expected to praise every creed except his own. G.K. CHESTERTON There are no uninteresting things, only uninterested people. G.K. CHESTERTON Men invent new ideals because they dare not attempt old ideals. They look forward with enthusiasm, b... G.K. CHESTERTON There is a limit to human charity," said Lady Outram, trembling all over. "There is," sai... G.K. CHESTERTON He wondered why the pelican was the symbol of charity, except it was that it wanted a good deal of c... G.K. CHESTERTON Charity is the power of defending that which we know to be indefensible. Hope is the power of being ... G.K. CHESTERTON We do not admire, we hardly excuse, the fanatic who wrecks this world for love of the other. But wha... G.K. CHESTERTON Dear Sir: Regarding your article 'What's Wrong with the World?' I am. Yours truly, G.K. CHESTERTON There are those who hate Christianity and call their hatred an all-embracing love for all religions. G.K. CHESTERTON We have all forgotten what we really are. All that we call common sense and rationality and practica... G.K. CHESTERTON He may be mad, but there's method in his madness. There nearly always is method in madness. It's wha... G.K. CHESTERTON If a thing is worth doing, it is worth doing badly. G.K. CHESTERTON The first two facts which a healthy boy or girl feels about sex are these: first that it is beautifu... G.K. CHESTERTON I regard golf as an expensive way of playing marbles. G.K. CHESTERTON My country, right or wrong,” is a thing that no patriot would think of saying except in a desperat... G.K. CHESTERTON The object of opening the mind, as of opening the mouth, is to shut it again on something solid. G.K. CHESTERTON Can you not see, […] that fairy tales in their essence are quite solid and straightforward; but th... G.K. CHESTERTON the things common to all men are more important than the things peculiar to any men. Ordinary things... G.K. CHESTERTON