T Quotes
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“The more a man is successful in getting out (or coming out) from his own individuality, of his egoist self, and to control (or dominate) the instincts of his physical nature, the more his character, by rising above material contingencies, widen, become free and independent.”
“The more a man knows about himself in relation to every kind of experience, the greater his chance of suddenly, one fine morning, realizing who in fact he is.”
“The more a man knows, the less he talks.”
“The more a man knows, the more he forgives.”
“The more a man knows, the more willing he is to learn-the less a man knows, the more positive he is that he knows everything.”
Source: The Works of Robert G.Ingersoll. [Dresden Ed.]
“The more a man lives, the more a man creates, the more a man loves and loses those whom he loves, the more does he escape from death. With every new blow that we have to bear, with every new work that we round and finish, we escape from ourselves, we escape into the work we have created, the soul we have loved, the soul that has left us.”
“The more a man possesses over and above what he uses, the more careworn he becomes.”
Source: The Collected Works of George Bernard Shaw: Plays, Novels, Articles, Lectures, Letters and Essays: Pygmalion, Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Candida, Arms and The Man, Man and Superman, Caesar and Cleopatra, Androcles And The Lion, The New York Times Articles on War, Memories of Oscar Wilde and more
“The more a man writes, the more he can write.”
Source: Lectures on the Literature of the Age of Elizabeth, and Characters of Shakespear's Plays
“The more a mind thinks upon something, the deeper it will take root and affect all subsequent and related thought.”
Source: Rise of the Morningstar
“The more a nation gets into darkness, the more it's going to hate the light. The more it's going to run from the light. And we have a generation of people who have given themselves to darkness, and they've embraced atheism, because it gets them away from moral responsibility to God.”
“The more a person can look beyond gender orientation, the happier and more fulfilling life is likely to be.”
“The more a person feels skilled, the more her moods will improve; while the more challenges that are present, the more her attention will become focused and concentrated.”
Source: Good Business: Leadership, Flow, and the Making of Meaning
“The more a person indulges himself the less others are willing to indulge him.”
Source: Nietzsche: Human, All Too Human: A Book for Free Spirits
“The more a person is united within himself or herself and inwardly simple, the more and higher things he or she understands, because he or she receives the light of understanding from within.”
Source: Neurons of Jesus: Mind of A Teacher, Spouse & Thinker
“The more a person knows of himself, the more he will hesitate to define his nature and to assert what he must necessarily feel, and the more he will be astounded at his capacity to feel in unsuspected and unpredictable ways. Still more will this be so if he learns to explore, or feel deeply into, his negative states of feeling - his loneliness, sorrow, grief, depression, or fear - without trying to escape from them.”
Source: Nature, Man and Woman
“The more a person knows the less they talk. I shall cease speaking and endeavor to instill a large band of silence inside myself in order to forge a deeper and closer relationship with all of nature. Only when I attain absolute quietude shall I understand the supreme virtue of humanity and understand the meaning of both life and death. Only when I achieve absolute stillness shall I come to a perfect realization of the meaning of existence innate in all things.”
Source: Dead Toad Scrolls
“The more a person learns how to use the forces of nature for his own purposes, by means of perfecting the sciences and the invention and improvement of machines, the more he will produce.”
“The more a person limits himself, the more resourceful he becomes.”
“The more a person loves God, the more reason he has to hope in Him. This hope produces in the Saints an unutterable peace, which they preserve even in adversity, because as they love God, and know how beautiful He is to those who love Him, they place all their confidence and find all their repose in Him alone.”
“The more a person loves, the closer he approaches the image of God.”
Source: What Luther says: an anthology
“The more a person needs to be right, the less certain he is.”
“The more a person perceives that he/she is loved, the less they will interfere with the lives of others.”
“The more a person pushes others away, the clearer it becomes he is in need of love the most.”
Source: The Wrath and the Dawn
“The more a person seeks security, the more that person gives up control over his life.”
“The more a person shrinks from adapting himself to reality, the greater becomes the fear which increasingly besets his path at every point. Thus a vicious circle is formed: fear of life and people causes more shrinking back, and this in turn leads to infantilism and finally “into the mother“.”
“the more a person smiles...
the more is the pain he resides...”
“The more a politician stays in the high positions, the dirtier and filthier he becomes! Countries must ensure that no politician stays long in the high offices or else the whole country starts becoming dirty and filthy!”
“The more a prospective customer clicks on you and your stuff, the easier it is for them to make a buying decision in your favor.”
“The more a race is governed by its passions, the less it has acquired the habit of cautious and reasoned argument, the more intense will be its love of music.”
“The more a ruling class is able to assimilate the most prominent men of a ruled class, the more solid and dangerous its rule.”
Source: Capital: A Critique of Political Economy. Volume III: The Economist
“The more a species is rare
the more we like and protect it...
So what about humans?”
“The more a subject is understood, the more briefly it may be explained.”
Source: The Writings of Thomas Jefferson: Correspondence
“The more a thing is perfect, the more it feels pleasure and likewise pain.”
Source: Divine Comedy. The Inferno
“The more a thing tends to be permanent, the more it tends to be lifeless.”
Source: Play to Live: Selected Seminars
“The more a woman appreciates the hunting prowess of her man, the more he will kill for her.”
Source: Cupidity: 50 Stupid Things People Do for Love and How to Avoid Them
“The more a woman gives her paramour; even more she satiates him, and its only time before she finds him bypass her favours for lesser flavours.”
Source: Benign Flame: Saga of Love
“The more abhorrent a news item the more comforting it was to be the recipient, since the fact that it had happened elsewhere proved that it had not happened here, was not happening here, and would therefore never happen here.”
“The more able a man is, if he make ill use of his abilities, the more dangerous will he be to the commonwealth.”
“The more able we are to keep guns out the hand so criminals and spouse abusers all - the better. So the more information we have the better for law enforcement perspective.”
“The more absolute the need, the more predictable the behavior becomes until it is mathematically certain.”
“The more abstract is form, the more clear and direct its appeal.”
Source: Concerning the spiritual in art
“The more abstract the truth you wish to teach, the more must you allure the senses to it.”
“The more abstractly correct and hence powerful this idea will be, the more impossible remains its complete fulfillment as long as it continues to depend on human beings... If this were not so, the founders of religion could not be counted among the greatest men of this earth... In its workings, even the religion of love is only the weak reflection of the will of its exalted founder; its significance, however, lies in the direction which it attempted to give to a universal human development of culture, ethics, and morality.”
“The more absurd life is, the more insupportable death is.”
“The more accepting I've become about all the pieces of myself—even the crazed, hysterical ones—the more relaxed I've become with who I am.
And then one day you figure out how to be more peaceful with all of your hysteria, and suddenly you’re not as hysterical so often.”
“The more accountable I can make you, the easier it is for you to show youre a great performer.”
“The more accurate you are about Reality, the more fun you can have with it.”
“The more accurately one can illuminate a particular human experience, the better the work of art.”
“The more accurately we search into the human mind, the stronger traces we everywhere find of his wisdom who made it.”
“The more accurately you can think about who you are, what you want to accomplish and how to accomplish it, the more successful you will be.”