H Quotes
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“He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would fully suffice. This disgrace to civilization should be done away with at once. Heroism at command, senseless brutality, deplorable love-of-country stance, how violently I hate all this, how despicable and ignoble war is; I would rather be torn to shreds than be a part of so base an action! It is my conviction that killing under the cloak of war is nothing but an act of murder.”
“He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would suffice.”
“He who joyfully marches to music rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would surely suffice. This disgrace to civilization should be done away with at once. Heroism at command, senseless brutality, deplorable love-of-country stance and all the loathsome nonsense that goes by the name of patriotism, how violently I hate all this, how despicable and ignoble war is; I would rather be torn to shreds than be part of so base an action! It is my conviction that killing under the cloak of war is nothing but an act of murder.”
“He who jumps for the moon and gets it not leaps higher than he who stoops for a penny in the mud.”
Source: The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood
“He who jumps for the sake of jumping will probably keep jumping until he jumps back into his own jumping ground.”
“He who jumps into the void owes no explanation to those who stand and watch.”
“He who keeps danger in mind, is he who will rest safe in his seat; he who keeps ruin in mind, is he who will preserve his interests secure.”
“He who keeps his cool best wins.”
“He who keeps his faith only, cannot be discrowned.”
Source: The poetical works of James Russell Lowell
“He who keeps his heart near God will find peace and tranquility, whilst he who gives his heart to the people will find restlessness and apprehension.”
“He who keeps his own counsel keeps his affairs in his own hands.”
“He who kills from afar knows nothing at all about act of killing. He who kills from afar derives no lesson from life or from death; he neither risks nor stains his hands with blood, nor hears the breathing of his adversary, nor reads the fear, courage, or indifference in his eyes. He who kills from afar tests neither his arm, his heart, nor his conscience, nor does he create ghosts that will later haunt him every single night for the rest of his life. He who kills from afar is a knave who commends to others the dirty and terrible task that is his own.”
Source: The Sun Over Breda
“He who kisses girl on hillside is not level”
“He who kisses joy as it flies by will live in eternity's sunrise.”
“He who kneels before God, can stand before any man.”
“He who kneels the most, stands the best.”
“He who know most grieves most for wasted time.”
Source: Dante
“He who knoweth and understandeth Christ's life, knoweth and understandeth Christ Himself; and in like manner, he who understandeth not His life, doth not understand Christ Himself. And he who believeth on Christ, believeth that His life is the best and noblest life that can be, and if a man believe not this, neither doth he believe on Christ Himself.”
Source: The Theologia Germanica of Martin Luther
“He who knoweth not what he ought to know, is a brute beast among men; he that knoweth no more than he hath need of, is a man among brute beasts; and he that knoweth all that may be known, is as a God among men.”
“He who knoweth the reader, doeth nothing more for the reader. Another century of readers - and spirit itself will stink.”
Source: THUS SPOKE ZARATHUSTRA - A Book for All and None (World Classics Series): Philosophical Novel
“He who knows about depth knows about God.”
“He who knows all the answers, but none of the questions is like a large gobbling bird on Thanksgiving.”
“He who knows all the answers has not been asked all the questions.”
“He who knows all things and believes nothing is damned.”
“He Who Knows And Knows That He Knows Is A Wise Man - Follow Him; He Who Knows Not And Knows Not That He Knows Not Is A Fool - Shun Him”
“He who knows best knows how little he knows.”
“He who knows contentment is rich. -Lao Tzu”
Source: The Book of Hygge: The Danish Art of Living Well
“He who knows does not feel wonder. It could not be said that God experiences wonder, for God knows in the most absolute and perfect way.”
“He who knows does not speak. He who speaks does not know.”
“He who knows enough is enough will always have enough.”
“He who knows even how to prepare a smoke properly, knows also how to meditate. And he who cannot cook well cannot be a perfect sannyasin. Unless cooking is performed with a pure mind and concentration, the food is not palatable.”
“He who knows everything about the future must surely be a cursed person! Because life is beautiful if you do not know what life will bring you!”
“He who knows he has enough is rich.”
Source: 道德经
“He who knows he is a fool is not the biggest fool; he who knows he is confused is not in the worst confusion. The man in the worst confusion will end his life without ever getting straightened out; the biggest fool will end his life without ever seeing the light. If three men are traveling along and one is confused, they will still get where they are going - because confusion is in the minority. But if two of them are confused, then they can walk until they are exhausted and never get anywhere - because confusion is in the majority.”
Source: The Complete Works of Chuang Tzu
“He who knows he is a fool is not the biggest fool; He who knows he is confused is not in the worst confusion.”
Source: The Complete Works of Chuang Tzu
“He who knows himself is enlightened.”
Source: Tao Te Ching: The Way of Virtue
“He who knows himself knows god.”
“He who knows himself knows others.”
“He who knows himself properly can very soon learn to know all other men. It is all reflection.”
“He who knows himself to be profound endeavors to be clear; he who would like to appear profound to the crowd endeavors to be obscure.”
“He who knows himself well is mean and abject in his own sight, and takes no delight in the vain praise of men.”
“He who knows his enemy and himself well will not be defeated easily.”
“He who knows his soul knows this truth:
" I am beyond everything finite; I I now see that the Spirit, alone in a space with Its ever-new joy, has expressed Itself as the vast body of nature.
I am the stars,
I am the waves,
I am the Life of all,
I am the laughter within all hearts,
I am the smile on the faces of the flowers and in each soul.
I am the Wisdom and Power that sustain all creation. "”
“He who knows his strength has overcome many difficulties.”
Source: Pearls of Wisdom: Great mind
“He who knows how to be aggressive, and yet remains patient, becomes a receptacle for all of Nature's lessons.”
Source: Tao teh king
“He who knows how to be content will be content with little.”
“He who knows how to be poor knows everything.”
“He who knows how to fall without hurting himself will also know how to rise without any difficulty!”
“He who knows how to flatter also knows how to slander.”
Source: Napoleon in his own words from the French of Jules Bertaut
“He who knows how to suffer everything can dare everything.”
Source: La Bruyère and Vauvenargues: Selections from the Characters, Reflexions and Maxims