T Quotes
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“The secret of the demagogue is to appear as dumb as his audience so that these people can believe themselves as smart as he is.”
Source: Half-Truths and One-and-a-Half Truths: Selected Aphorisms
“The secret of the demagogue is to make himself as stupid as his audience so they believe they are clever as he.”
“The secret of the difficulties of those people who make a great deal of money, and yet are always in want of it, is this-they throw it away as soon as they get it on the first whim or extravagance that strikes them, and have nothing left to meet ordinary expenses or discharge old debts.”
Source: Characteristics: in the manner of Rochefoucault's Maxims [by W. Hazlitt].
“The secret of the enjoyment of pleasure is to know when to stop. Man doesn't learn this secret easily, but to shun pleasure altogether is cowardly avoidance of a difficult job. For we have to learn the art of enjoying things BECAUSE they are impermanent.”
“The secret of the gospel is that we actually do more when we hear less about all we need to do for God and hear more about all that God has already done for us.”
“The secret of the Great Stories is that they have no secrets. The Great Stories are the ones you have heard and want to hear again. The ones you can enter anywhere and inhabit comfortably... in the Great Stories you know who lives, who dies, who finds love, who doesn't. And yet you want to know again.”
Source: The God of Small Things
“The secret of the human condition is that there is no equilibrium between man and the surrounding forces of nature, which infinitely exceed him when in inaction; there is only equilibrium in action by which man recreates his own life through work.”
Source: Gravity and Grace
“The secret of the illusoriness is in the necessity of a succession of moods or objects. Gladly we would anchor, but the anchorageis quicksand.”
Source: Self-reliance, and Other Essays
“The secret of the Internet's success has been its openness to new services.”
“The secret of the law of abundance is this: In order to receive and appreciate the good things of life, you must first give.”
“The secret of the magic of life consists in using action in order to attain non-action. One must not wish to leap over everything and penetrate directly.”
“The secret of the man who is universally interesting is that he is universally interested.”
“The secret of the master mind is found wholly in the intelligent use of imagination.”
Source: Your Forces and How to Use Them
“The secret of the master mind is found wholly in the use of imagination.”
Source: Your Forces and How to Use Them
“The secret of the missionary is...I am His, and He is carrying out His work through me.”
“The secret of the mountain is that the mountains simply exist, as I do myself: the mountains exist simply, which I do not. The mountains have no "meaning," they are meaning; the mountains are. The sun is round. I ring with life, and the mountains ring, and when I can hear it, there is a ringing that we share. I understand all this, not in my mind but in my heart, knowing how meaningless it is to try to capture what cannot be expressed, knowing that mere words will remain when I read it all again, another day.”
Source: The Snow Leopard
“The secret of the mystery is: God is always greater. No matter how great we think Him to be, His love is always greater.”
Source: The ragamuffin Gospel
“The secret of the nobility and beauty of great ladies lies in the art with which they can shed their veils. In such situations, they become like ancient statues. If they kept the merest scarf on, they would be lewd. Your bourgeois woman will always try to cover her nakedness.”
“The Secret of the Occult Sciences is that of Nature itself, the Secret of the generation of the Angels and Worlds, that of the Omnipotence of God .”
Source: Morals and Dogma
“The secret of the receptive Must be sought in stillness; Within stillness there remains The potential for action.”
“The secret of the superiority of state over private education lies in the fact
that in the former the teacher is responsible to society ... [T]he result
desired by the state is a wholly different one from that desired by parents,
guardians, and pupils.”
“The secret of the team's success is easy - unity and hard work.”
“The secret of the true love of work is the hope of success in that work; not for the money reward, for the time spent, or for the skill exercised, but for the successful result in the accomplishment of the work itself.”
“The secret of the truly successful ... is that they learned early in life how not to be busy.”
“The secret of the truly successful, I believe, is that they learned very early in life how not to be busy. They saw through that adage, repeated to me so often in childhood, that anything worth doing is worth doing well. The truth is, many things are worth doing only in the most slovenly, halfhearted fashion possible, and many other things are not worth doing at all.”
Source: WORST YEARS OF OUR LIVES
“The secret of the universe is this: The universe doesn't care. That part of the job is yours.”
“The secret of the world is the tie between person and event. Person makes event and event person.”
Source: The Spiritual Emerson: Essential Works by Ralph Waldo Emerson
“The secret of the world is this: the world is entirely circular and you will go round and round endlessly, never finding what you want, unless you have found what you really want inside yourself. When you follow a star you know you will never reach that star; rather it will guide you to where you want to go. Its a reference point, not an end in itself, even though you seem to be following it. So it is with the world. It will only ever lead you back to yourself. The end of all your exploring will be to cease from exploration and know the place for the first time.”
“The secret of theory is that truth does not exist.”
Source: Forget Foucault
“The secret of this kind of climbing, is like Zen. Don't think. Just dance along. It's the easiest thing in the world, actually easier than walking on flat ground which is monotonous. The cute little problems present themselves at each step and yet you don't hesitate and you find yourself on some other boulder you picked out for no special reason at all, just like zen.~ Japhy”
Source: Road Novels 1957-1960
“The secret of this sport is, while you're the nail, hang in there, let them hit you, until the day you become the hammer, then you smash them back!”
“The secret of toe cleavage, a very important part of the sexuality of the shoe; you must only show the first two cracks.”
“The secret of true freedom lies in freedom from self-identity.”
“The secret of true happiness lies within unwavering devotion to God”
“The secret of true prosperity is finding our security through our connection with the divine, with the spiritual world.”
Source: The Witch's Coin: Prosperity and Money Magick
“The secret of ugliness consists not in irregularity, but in being uninteresting.”
Source: The Conduct of Life: By Ralph Waldo Emerson
“The secret of understanding poetry is to hear poetry's words as what they are: the full self's most intimate speech, half waking, half dream. You listen to a poem as you might listen to someone you love who tells you their truest day. Their words might weep, joke, whirl, leap. What's unspoken in the words will still be heard. It's also the way we listen to music: You don't look for extractable meaning, but to be moved.”
“The secret of unleashing your true power is setting goals that are exciting enough that they truly inspire your creativity and ignite yourpassion.”
“The secret of Vegas is that money is boring.
Hence all the bluster.”
Source: Uproot: Travels in 21st-Century Music and Digital Culture
“The secret of victory is to find the point of maximum vulnerability and then strike. No matter your feelings. No matter how much you respect the enemy.”
“The secret of war lies in the communications.”
“The secret of what anything means to us depends on how we've connected it to all the other things we know. That's why it's almost always wrong to seek the "real meaning" of anything. A thing with just one meaning has scarcely any meaning at all.”
“The secret of winning any prize is knowing that your own treasure and potential is equal to it... and worthy of it.”
“The secret of winning is working more as a team, less as individuals.”
“The secret of writing comedy is to know where it's all going, then get ahead of it.”
“The secret of your future is hidden in your daily routine.”
“The secret of your future is hidden in your daily routines.”
“The secret of your success is determined by your daily agenda.
"The only adequate preparation for tomorrow is the right use of today.”
Source: Today Matters: 12 Daily Practices to Guarantee Tomorrow's Success
“The secret of your success is determined by your daily agenda.”
Source: The Leadership Handbook: 26 Critical Lessons Every Leader Needs
“The secret of zen is just two words: not... always... so.”