T Quotes
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“The idle mind knows not what it wants.”
“The idle wife ranked with the ornamentally wrought weapon and with the splendid offering to the gods as a measure of the man's power to waste, and therefore his superiority over other men. ... As is the case with any other object of art, her uselessness is her use.”
“The idol in the temple is not God. But since God resides in every atom, He resides in that idol too.”
“The idol is the expression of religion.”
Source: The Complete Works of the Swami Vivekananda, Comprising All His Lectures, Addresses and Discourses Delivered in Europe, America and India: All His Writings in Prose and Poetry, Together with Translations of Those Written in Bengali and Sanskrit; Reports of His Interviews and His Replies to the Various Addresses of Welcome; His Sayings and Epistles,--private and Public--original and Translated; with an Index; Carefully Revised & Edited
“The idol is the measure of the worshipper.”
Source: Books and Libraries: Democracy and Other Papers
“The idol of today pushes the hero of yesterday out of our recollection; and will, in turn, be supplanted by his successor of tomorrow.”
Source: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Stories From the Sketch Book
“The idolatry and adulation of Royals is one of those disgusting European pastimes that, for some reason, have not died out as a consequence of the European fascination with egalitarianism.”
“The idolatry of food cuts across class lines. This can be seen in the public's toleration of a level of cruelty in meat production that it would tolerate nowhere else. If someone inflicts pain on an animal for visual, aural, or sexual gratification, we consider him a monster, and the law makes at least a token effort at punishment. If someone's goal is to put the "product" in his mouth?”
“The idolatry the exists in a man's heart always wants to lead him away from his Savior and back to self-reliance no matter how pitiful that self-reliance is or how many times it has betrayed him.”
“The idols of today are unmistakable -
self-esteem without achievement,
sex without consequences,
wealth without responsibility,
pleasure without struggle and
experience without commitment.”
“The Idols of Tribe have their foundation in human nature itself, and in the tribe or race of men. For it is a false assertion that the sense of man is the measure of things. On the contrary, all perceptions as well of the sense as of the mind are according to the measure of the individual and not according to the measure of the universe. And the human understanding is like a false mirror, which, receiving rays irregularly, distorts and discolors the nature of things by mingling its own nature with it.”
Source: New Atlantis and The Great Instauration
“The Idoni Primor’s gaze fell on Eren immediately. Her head tilted in idle curiosity while a fingertip dipped into a crystal bowl beside her. “I know your face, anarch.”
She brought her fingertip to her mouth and sucked it dry of gods only feared what hypnol. “You have been a most troublesome little asi of late. Have you come here to repent, to fall to your knees and beg to be allowed to return to the fold? Fair warning—you’ll be on those knees for a while.”
Source: Requiem
“The idyll ended, as idylls must.”
Source: The Fellowship: The Literary Lives of the Inklings: J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Owen Barfield, Charles Williams
“The idyllic ecstasy of love often overshadows the pitfalls of inattention or monotony and demands, therefore, constant reevaluation and adjustment to reset the emotional benchmarks. ("Another empty room" )”
“The idyllic mayhem of two cultures colliding just doesn't seem as funny anymore.”
“The IEA forecasts that production from oilfields, which have started production up to 2011, will nearly drop two-thirds by 2035.”
“The IEA member countries will exercise flexibility in re-establishing their emergency stock levels through 2006, noting the need to take into account seasonal demand and the possibility of higher than expected refinery maintenance.”
“The "if I had time" lie is a convenient way to ignore the fact that novels require being written and that writing happens a sentence at a time. Sentences can happen in a moment. Enough stolen moments, enough stolen sentences, and a novel is born - without the luxury of time.”
Source: The Right to Write: An Invitation and Initiation into the Writing Life
“The ifs and buts of history...form an insubstantial if intoxicating diet.”
“The IGAD-Plus's compromise peace agreement is probably pregnant with a noisy, perhaps thunderous baby.”
“The Igbo used to say that they built their own gods. They would come together as a community, and they would express a wish. And their wish would then be brought to a priest, who would find a ritual object, and the appropriate sacrifices would be made, and the shrine would be built for the god.”
“The Ignavi were damned because they couldn’t choose any side other than their own. Even worse, perhaps, is the person who chooses a side that isn’t his own just to please someone he likes, just to generally 'signal his virtue'. Nietzsche despised virtue signalers and humble braggers. He thought they had no virtue at all and were actually self-serving narcissists trying to get their own way. He provocatively referred to himself as the first immoralist, but, really, he believed that all moralists were the true immoralists since their morality was never anything other than disguised and highly polished self-interest. There was nothing moral about it.”
Source: Without the Mob, There Is No Circus
“The Ignis Fatuus is a vapor shining without heat.”
Source: Newton's Philosophy of Nature: Selections from His Writings
“the ignobility of thought and action that desperation born of indigence produces.”
Source: Excession
“The ignoramus crow of "love it or leave it" omits other viable options, such as staying and changing it.”
“The ignorance about the importance of cognitive differences and the behavioral dynamics that operate within their Board is contributing to the generally poor performance of Board.”
Source: Digitizing Boardroom: The Multifaceted Aspects of Digital Ready Boards
“The ignorance of a man is the seating throne of the devil to rule over him with authority”
Source: CHILDREN UNDER LIFE'S TORMENT: CULT: THE IGNORANCE OF A MAN IS THE SEATING THRONE OF THE DEVIL TO RULE OVER HIM WITH AUTHORITY
“The ignorance of French society gives one a rough sense of the infinite.”
“The ignorance of how to use knowledge stockpiles exponentially.”
“The ignorance of one voter in a democracy impairs the security of all.”
“The ignorance of the oppressed is strength for the oppressor.”
“The ignorance of the world leaves one at the mercy of its malice.”
Source: Table Talk: Opinions on Books, Men, and Things
“The ignorance of the world often makes people believe that life should be black and white – that you must choose sides – and so the world of colourful gradients goes unadmired.”
Source: Rise of the Morningstar
“The Ignorance the people live in leads them to commit mistakes against their own happiness”
“The ignorant and the deluded are, I think, in a strange way to be envied. That which is not known of does not trouble us, while an imagined but insubstantial peril does not harm us. To know the truths behind reality is a far greater burden.”
“The ignorant are a reservoir of daring. It almost seems that those who have yet to discover the known are particularly equipped for dealing with the unknown. The unlearned have often rushed in where the learned feared to tread, and it is the credulous who are tempted to attempt the impossible. They know not whither they are going, and give chance a chance.”
Source: Between the Devil and the Dragon: The Best Essays and Aphorisms of Eric Hoffer
“The ignorant are afraid to betray surprise or admiration...they think it ill manners.”
“The ignorant are like useless, brackish soil;
They exist and that is all.”
“The ignorant are to be found as much among the educated as among the uneducated.”
Source: The Art Spirit
“The ignorant benefit from none; the intelligent benefit from some; the wise benefit from many; and the enlightened benefit from all.”
“The ignorant eschew phenomena but not thought; the wise eschew thought but not phenomena.”
“The ignorant ever shun and dread the gifted and enlightened.”
Source: The Three Brides, Love in a Cottage: And Other Tales
“The ignorant frighten children with ghosts, and the better educated assure them there is no such thing. Our understanding may believe the latter, but our instincts believe the former; so that, out of this education, we retain the terror, and just believe enough to make it very troublesome whenever we are placed in circumstances that awaken it.”
Source: The night-side of nature; or, Ghosts and ghost-seers
“The ignorant fuss more than others,
argue more than others,
brawl more than others,
trespass more than others;
empathize less than others,
support less than others,
and cherish less than others.
The enlightened worry less than others,
quarrel less than others,
fight less than others,
transgress less than others;
care more than others,
give more than others,
and love more than others.”
“The ignorant hath an Eagles wings, and an Owles eyes.
[The ignorant hath an eagle's wings and an owl's eyes.]”
Source: The poetical works of George Herbert
“The ignorant have no ears,
the undiscerning have no eyes,
the cowardly have no hands,
the senseless have no mind,
the ruthless have no heart,
and the unrighteous have no soul.
The learned have many ears,
the intelligent have numerous eyes,
the brave have countless hands,
the wise have great minds,
the kind have generous hearts,
and the virtuous have enlightened souls.”
“The ignorant hears your words, but the wise hears and analyzes your words.”
“The ignorant hope they never get COVID-19 and the wise prepare for a possible future infection.”
“The ignorant Insults of Individuals will not hinder me from doing my duty to my Art”
Source: Complete writings: with variant readings
“The ignorant learn from none,
the simple learn from some,
the intelligent learn from many,
but enlightened learn from all.
The arrogant learn from none,
the gracious learn from some,
the patient learn from many,
but the humble learn from all.
The disinterested learn from none,
the curious learn from some,
the keen learn from many,
but the disciplined learn from all.”