T Quotes
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“The most precious thing you can give to the people you love is your true presence.”
“The most precious things in life are not those you get for money.”
“The most precious things in speech are the pauses.”
“The most precious things of life are near at hand, without money and without price. Each of you has the whole wealth of the universe at your very door. All that I ever had, and still have, may be yours by stretching forth your hand and taking it.”
Source: John Burroughs' America: Selections from the Writings of the Naturalist
“The most precious things that exist
cannot be bought with money.”
“The most precious wine is produced upon the sides of volcanoes. Now bold and inspiring ideals are only born of a clear head that stands over a glowing heart.”
“The most precise and thoughtful scholar is limited in what he knows and wrong in some things that he affirms; the most devoted saint is stained with sin and full of error; the bravest heart among us will fail and break; but Christ is altogether lovely, holy, and unfailing.”
“The most precise work is generally done by hand, with hand tools. Some people rely on machines for their precision, and my way of working is backwards. I rely on the machines for doing the gross stock removal and then, when it comes to the final refinements and fitting of joints and things, making things work together, I rely more on sharp-edged tools that I push by hand.”
“The most premeditated propaganda is that which is committed to convincing us to believe that something is true even when we can plainly see that it is not.”
“The most prepared are the most dedicated.”
“The most preposterous notion that Homo sapiens has ever dreamed up is that the Lord God of Creation, Shaper and Ruler of all the Universes, wants the saccharine adoration of His creatures, can be swayed by their prayers, and becomes petulant if He does not receive this flattery. Yet this absurd fantasy, without a shred of evidence to bolster it, pays all the expenses of the oldest, largest, and least productive industry in all history.”
Source: Time Enough for Love
“The most pressing environmental problem we face today is not climate change. Rather it is pollution in the public square, where a smog of adversarial rhetoric, propaganda and polarization stifles discussion and debate, creating resistance to change and thwarting our ability to solve our collective problems.”
Source: I'm Right and You're an Idiot - 2nd Edition: The Toxic State of Public Discourse and How to Clean it Up
“The most pressing question on the problem of faith is whether a man as a civilized being can believe in the divinity of the Son of God, Jesus Christ, for therein rests the whole of our faith.”
“The most prevalent poetic representation of contemporary experience is the mimesis of disorientation by non sequitor.”
“The most prevalent way of working in photography right now is project oriented: you go after an idea. I like the old way, the intuitive approach. You follow your nose and take pictures and see what emerges. It happens after the fact.”
“The most pro-business thing you can do is to help middle-class people thrive.”
“The most probable assumption is that no currently working 'business theory' will be valid 10 years hence.”
“The most problematic mistakes are the ones that we refuse to admit.”
“The most problematic word in America is the word "problematic." It's a wuss word used by people to silence language without actually saying that they want to silence you. They don't want to go full fascist.”
“The most productive, healthy and satisfying relationships are based, not on a quid pro quo but an ebb and flow of mutual support over time. Don’t just be a giver. Be an extremely helpful giver who demonstrates an awareness of what that person most needs.”
Source: Mutuality Matters How You Can Create More Opportunity, Adventure & Friendship With Others
“The most productive system of finance will always be the least burdensome.”
Source: The Essential Federalist: A New Reading of the Federalist Papers
“The most professional curse ever snarled or croaked or thundered can have no effect on a pure heart.”
Source: The Last Unicorn
“The most profitable investment on the land is land.”
“The most profitless things to manufacture are excuses.”
“The most profound and important thing a person can do to erase fear and access the power of intention is repeating these five key words: I want to feel good! This is the same thing as saying, I want to be in harmony with the source of well-being.”
“The most profound and serious indication of the moral implications underlying the ecological problem is the lack of respect for life evident in many of the patterns of environmental pollution.”
“The most profound beautiful moment of your life is finding yourself in the aftermath of losing someone.”
“The most profound benefit of yoga and meditation for me has been a natural relaxing into my life. Obstacles are not so scary. I am more fluid, more curious, and at the same time more patient. I have more options for happiness because I don't require specific conditions. It is a relief to discover that I can be happy even if the world doesn't revolve around me or my agenda.”
“The most profound discoveries are often in plain view, you just need to know where to look for them.”
“The most profound healing I’ve ever experienced happened when I did less—when I stepped away from my routine, from productivity, from scrolling online, from painting on a smile. It happened when I sat with myself—feeling lost, alone, and wondering what next? Have patience. Healing and growth require you to relinquish the familiar in order to find a new freedom.”
“The most profound indication of social malignancy ... no sense of humor. None of the monoliths could take a joke.”
Source: Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?: A Play
“The most profound injustice a government can perpetrate against its people is not the theft of their wealth but the systematic destruction of their education and healthcare systems. A populace deprived of knowledge and burdened by poor health becomes vulnerable, malleable, and susceptible to manipulation, conditioned like Pavlov’s dogs to respond predictably to external stimuli.”
“The most profound joy has more of gravity than of gaiety in it.”
Source: The Complete Works of Michael de Montaigne; Comprising; the Essays, Translated by Cotton; the Letters; the Journey Into Germany and Italy, Now First Translated; a Life by the Editor; Notes: ... Critical Opinions; ... the Éloges of MM. Jay and Villemain; a
“The most profound legacy of the dominance of bureaucratic forms of organization over the last two hundred years is that it has made this intuitive division between rational, technical means and the ultimately irrational ends to which they are put seem like common sense.”
Source: The Utopia of Rules: On Technology, Stupidity, and the Secret Joys of Bureaucracy
“The most profound life lesson I have learned from 15 years of psychic mediumship work, is how quickly and easily people are forgotten once they depart this life. Yet, so many of us live only to please or impress others while we are here.”
“The most profound personal growth does not happen while reading a book or meditating. It happens in the throes of conflict, when you are angry, afraid, frustrated. It happens when you are doing the same old thing and you suddenly realize that you have a choice.”
“The most profound personal growth does not happen while reading a book or meditating on a mat. It happens in the throes of conflict—when you are angry, afraid, frustrated. It happens when you are doing the same old thing and you suddenly realize that you have a choice.”
“The most profound question is, "What would I risk dying for?" The natural answer is "for my family." But for most of history, we didn't live in families. We lived in small communities that gave us our sense of safety and place in the world, so the natural answer would be "for my people." The blessing and the tragedy of modern life is that we don't need our community to survive anymore. When we lose that idea, we lose a sense of who we are.”
“The most profound revolution of our era is the realisation that by shifting our internal mindset, we possess the power to transform the external realities of our lives.”
Source: Beyond Gender: The New Rules of Leadership: Shattering Old Gender Roles Leading With Vision, Diversity & AI
“The most profound security threat we face today is global warming....climate change has the capacity to change the way all of us live.”
“The most profound state of awareness comes from being devoted to your present circumstances, absorbing the sorrows and joys of others, so that you may see yourself within them, which in actuality is you.”
Source: The Art of Stalking Parallel Perception
“The most profound statements are often said in silence.”
“The most profound technologies are those that disappear. They weave themselves into the fabric of everyday life until they are indistinguishable from it.”
“The most profound things are inexpressible.”
Source: Die Macht des Wortes
“The most profound transformations begin in silence, where self awareness meets intention.”
“The most profound, tangible influence in my life has been my wife, Monique. I don't know that I would even be alive were it not for her, and I certainly would not be the person that I am today.”
“The most progressive approach to life is to discuss ideas, rather than people.”
“The most prominent place in hell is reserved for those who are neutral on the great issues of life.”
“The most promising evidence bearing on reincarnation seems to come from the spontaneous cases, especially among children.”
Source: Twenty Cases Suggestive of Reincarnation
“The most promising words ever written on the maps of human knowledge are terra incognita, unknown territory.”
Source: The Discoverers