“There is first the literature of knowledge, and secondly, the literature of power. The function of the first is--to teach; the function of the second is--to move, the first is a rudder, the second an oar or a sail. The first speaks to the mere discursive understanding; the second speaks ultimately, it may happen, to the higher understanding or reason, but always through affections of pleasure and sympathy.” FirstsMayReasonHappensMovingLiteratureSpeakUnderstandingPleasureTeachHigherFunctionMereAffectionSailOarRudders Book:Leaders in literature Source: Leaders in literature
“Price fixing does not represent simply windfall gains and losses to particular groups according to whether the price happens to be set higher or lower than it would be otherwise. It represents a net lose to the economy as a whole to the extent that many transactions do not take place at all, because the mutually acceptable possibilities have been reduced.” DoeHas BeensWholeHappensWould BeLosesLossEconomyGroupsPossibilityParticularHigherGainsAcceptableFixingTransactionsGains And Losses Author:Thomas Sowell
“The most important thing is to just do it. If I work at a higher level I have responsibility to do better than what I've done before. Sometimes the best happens - beyond possibility. Just do it. Can't worry about it.” IfsImportantSometimesDoneHappensLevelsResponsibilityWorryPossibilityHigherImportanceImportant ThingsJust Do ItHigher Level Author:LeRoy Neiman
“Something very beautiful happens to people when their world has fallen apart: a humility, a nobility, a higher intelligence emerges at just the point when our knees hit the floor. Perhaps, in a way, that's where humanity is now: about to discover we're not as smart as we thought we were, will be forced by life to surrender our attacks and defenses which avail us of nothing, and finally break through into the collective beauty of who we really are.” PeopleWorldWayHappensBeautifulHumanityBreakHumilityHigherSmartIntelligenceDefenseSurrenderKneesFallenCollectivesFinding YourselfFalling ApartNobilityBreak ThroughVery BeautifulLecturer Author:Marianne Williamson
“When I finished the juniors I felt, perhaps for about a year and a half, that everything was going to be the same and that I would be able to go out there and win any match. But it wasn't the case. I struggled. It took me time to adjust and to realise it was not going to happen like it did in the juniors. It was three years between the junior ranks and reaching the Australian Open, and even then, having reached the final against Hingis, I wasn't really realising what it would take to go higher.” YearsHappensWould BeAbleThreeWinningFeltSportsHalfCasesHigherFinalsFinishedReachingRealisingThree YearsJuniorsAustralian Author:Amelie Mauresmo
“Wasn't it thrilling when the U.S. Women's team took home the gold in gymnastics? A group of American teenagers getting a higher score than Chinese kids? That never happens.” HomeHappensKidsFunnyGroupsTeamHigherGoldChineseTeenagerScoreOlympicsThrillingGymnasticsLondon Olympics Author:Jay Leno
“Gross and vulgar minds will always pay a higher respect to wealth than to talent; for wealth, although it be a far less efficient source of power than talent, happens to be far more intelligible.” MindHappensWealthPayTalentSourceHigherEfficientVulgarGross Book:Lacon: Or, Many Things in Few Words, Addressed to Those who Think Source: Lacon: Or, Many Things in Few Words, Addressed to Those who Think
“I feel the presence of a higher power. I believe that what you give is what you get. It's universal law. I believe in the power of prayer and of words. I've learned that when you predict that negative things will happen, they do.” GivingFeelsBelieveHappensLawI BelievePrayerHigherNegativeUniversalI Believe InI've LearnedHigher PowerUniversal Laws Author:Alicia Keys