T Quotes
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“That which is revealed when thoughts are absent is also here when thoughts are present.”
“That which is right is different for each one of us in each situation. There isn't a moral code that I or anyone can lay down that will tell you what your dharma is.”
“That which is seen and that which is touched are of a dream-like and illusion-like nature. Because feeling arises together with the mind, it is not [ultimately] perceived.”
“That which is selfish is immoral, and that which is unselfish is moral.”
Source: The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda
“That which is so universal as death must be a benefit.”
“That which is static and repetitive is boring. That which is dynamic and random is confusing. In between lies art.”
“That which is striking and beautiful is not always good, but that which is good is always beautiful.”
“That which is the foundation of all our hopes and of all our fears; all our hopes and fears which are of any consideration; I mean a Future Life.”
Source: Analogy of Religion
“That which is the wonder of one age is the commonplace of the next.”
Source: Little house in the Ozarks: a Laura Ingalls Wilder sampler : the rediscovered writings
“That which is threatening to the ego is liberating to the heart.”
“That which is to be most desired in America is oneness and not sameness. Sameness is the worst thing that could happen to the people of this country. To make all people the same would lower their quality, but oneness would raise it.”
“That which is true must always remain true, though the applications may change greatly from generation to generation. It is the absence of such fundamental certainties, no doubt, that leads men into continual search for a satisfying religion, or that drives them away from their old religion.”
“That which is truly human no generation learns from the one before it. No generation learns from another how to love. No generation has a shorter task assigned to it except insofar as the previous generation shirked its task and deluded itself.”
“That which is unique and worthwhile in us makes itself felt only in flashes. If we do not know how to catch and savor the flashes we are without growth and exhilaration.”
Source: Between the Devil and the Dragon: The Best Essays and Aphorisms of Eric Hoffer
“That which is used - develops. That which is not used wastes away.”
“That which is useless dies. Animals that fail to serve some useful purpose in the scheme of things slowly but surely become extinct. Let any part of the human body cease to perform its ordained function, and it withers-as when an arm is kept long in a sling. This same decree, that nothing useless is permitted to survive, runs through the mind of the industrial world.”
“That which is usually called dotage is not the weak point of all old men, but only of such as are distinguished by their levity.”
“That which is won ill, will never wear well, for there is a curse attends it, which will waste it; and the same corrupt dispositions which incline men to the sinful ways of getting, will incline them to the like sinful ways of spending.”
Source: An Exposition of the Old and New Testament: Wherein Each Chapter is Summed Up in Its Contents: Job-Solomon's Song. 1839
“That which is worth while is seldom easy.”
“That which is written without much effort is seldom read with much pleasure.”
Source: The Singapore Story: Memoirs of Lee Kuan Yew
“That which is wrong under one circumstance, may be, and often is, right under another. God said, 'Thou shalt not kill'; at another time He said, 'Thou shalt utterly destroy.' This is the principle on which the government of heaven is conducted—by revelation adapted to the circumstances in which the children of the kingdom are placed. Whatever God requires is right, no matter what it is, although we may not see the reason thereof till long after the events transpire.”
“That which knows all things and is known by none is the subject.”
Source: The World As Will And Idea: 3 vols in 1 [unabridged]
“That which leads us to the performance of duty by offering pleasure as its reward, is not virtue, but a deceptive copy and imitation of virtue.
[Lat., Nam quae voluptate, quasi mercede aliqua, ad officium impellitur, ea non est virtus sed fallax imitatio simulatioque virtutis.]”
“That which lies before the human race is a constant struggle to maintain and improve, in opposition to State of Nature, the State of Art of an organized polity; in which, and by which, man may develop a worthy civilization”
Source: The Major Prose of Thomas Henry Huxley
“That which lives on reason lives against the spirit.”
“That which looks for mercy from an opponent is not non-violence.”
Source: Collected Works
“That which makes man the mere plaything of fate is God.”
Source: Collected Works
“That which makes one forget the world, that which does not put pressure on the mind, that which makes peace prevail, that which keeps the ‘real’ and the ‘relative’ separate; that is our (the Self's) independence!”
Source: The Guru and The Disciple
“That which makes the man no worse than he was makes his life no worse: it has no power to harm, without or within.”
“That which makes the vanity of others unbearable to us is that which wounds our own.”
“That which makes us DIFFERENT, will make a DIFFERENCE in the world some day. Be Yourself.”
“That which makes us go so far for love is that we never think that we might have need of anything besides that which we love.”
“That which makes you different is actually the thing that makes you special.”
“That which makes you different is what makes you strong. Whether you're gay, straight, purple, orange, dinosaur; I don't care.”
“That which makes you miserable is the only sin. That which takes you away from yourself is the only thing to be avoided.”
“That which makes you want MORE is the same as that which makes the plant grow; it is Life seeking fuller expression.”
Source: Sensual Lifestyle
“That which makes you want more money is the same as that which makes the plant grow; it is life seeking fuller expression.”
Source: The Science of Wallace D. Wattles: The Science of Being Well, The Science of Getting Rich & The Science of Being Great – Complete Trilogy: From one of the New Thought pioneers, author of How to Promote Yourself, New Science of Living and Healing, Hellfire Harrison, A New Christ, How to Get What You Want and Jesus The Man and His Work
“That which man dreams of and to Which he aspires, unless fulfilled in his own lifetime, can produce no actual satisfaction to him. It will be self deceiving and a waste of time to advocate dialogue with those who are not ready to listen, because it is obvious that the freedom of millions is not a commodity subject to bargaining. It is better to die free than to live as slaves.”
“That which may have sounded like righteous teaching when it was remote and wordy, will be challenged afresh when it is obliged to simulate life itself.”
Source: Twenty Years at Hull-House: With Autobiographical Notes
“That which men call virtue is usually no more than a phantom formed by our passions, to which one gives an honest name in order to do with impunity whatever one wishes.”
“That which most concerns and worries you - your survival - is the only certainty you have.”
“That which most contributes to the permanence of constitutions is the adaptation of education to the form of government, and yet in our own day this principle is universally neglected. The best laws, though sanctioned by every citizen of the state, will be of no avail unless the young are trained by habit and education in the spirit of the constitution.”
Source: The Essential Aristotle
“That which moveth the heart most is the best poetry; it comes nearest unto God, the source of all power.”
Source: Citation and Examination of William Shakspeare, Euseby Treen, Joseph Carnaby and Silas Gough, Clerk: Before the Worshipful Sir Thomas Lucy, Knight, Touching Deer-stealing on the 19th Day of September in the Year of Grace 1582, Now First Published from Original Papers
“That which needs to be proved cannot be worth much.”
Source: The Essential Nietzsche
“That which never becomes ruined is considered as true relationship. True relationship is only with the Soul. Other than that, all other relationships are selfish relationships.”
Source: Who am I?
“That which never has been, never is, and never will be.”
“That which occasions so many mistakes in the computations of men, when they expect return for favors, is that the giver's pride and the receiver's cannot agree upon the value of the kindness done.”
“That which of all things unfits man for the reception of Christ as a Savior, is not gross profligacy and outward, vehement transgression, but it is self-complacency, fatal self-righteousness and self-sufficiency.”
“That which offends the ear will not easily gain admission to the mind.”
“That which offends you only weakens you. Being offended creates the same destructive energy that offended you in the first place- so transcend your ego and stay in peace.”