“Cleverness is a quality a man likes to have in his wife as long as she is some distance away from him. Up close, he'll take kindness any day of the week, if there's nothing more alluring to be had.” IfsMenLongQualityKindnessWifeWeekDistanceLikesClevernessAlluringDays Of The Week Book:The Penelopiad Source: The Penelopiad
“I am firmly of the opinion that women who make a lot of effort to hang onto their looks in middle age (unless they are beauties, entertainers or prostitutes) are rather sad, as one should surely have something more substantial to recommend one by this time, such as kindness or cleverness.” ShouldLooksAgeEffortOpinionKindnessMiddleMiddle AgesEntertainersCleverness Author:Julie Burchill
“We think too much and feel too little. More than machinery, we need humanity. More than cleverness, we need kindness and gentleness. Without these qualities, life will be violent and all will be lost.” ThinkingNeedsFeelsLittlesHumanityLostBusinessQualityKindnessToo MuchViolentDictatorGentlenessMachineryQuality Of LifeClevernessHuman Kindness Author:Charlie Chaplin
“More than cleverness, we need kindness and gentleness.” NeedsKindnessDictatorGentlenessClevernessKindness And CompassionHuman Kindness Author:Charlie Chaplin
“The way of life can be free and beautiful, but we have lost the way. Greed has poisoned men's souls, has barricaded the world with hate, has goose-stepped us into misery and bloodshed. We have developed speed, but we have shut ourselves in. Machinery that gives abundance has left us in want. Our knowledge has made us cynical; our cleverness, hard and unkind. We think too much and feel too little. More than machinery, we need humanity. More than cleverness, we need kindness and gentleness. Without these qualities, life will be violent and all will be lost.” ThinkingMenWorldWayWantNeedsGivingFeelsLittlesMadeSoulHardBeautifulHateHumanityLostLeftQualityKindnessToo MuchMiseryGreedSpeedViolentAbundanceCynicalDictatorGentlenessMachineryQuality Of LifeGeeseClevernessUnkindBloodshed Author:Charlie Chaplin
“What I want to talk to you about today is the difference between gifts and choices. Cleverness is a gift, kindness is a choice. Gifts are easy - they’re given after all. Choices can be hard. You can seduce yourself with your gifts if you’re not careful, and if you do, it’ll probably be to the detriment of your choices.” IfsWantHardTodayChoicesGivenEasyDifferencesKindnessCarefulGraduationClevernessSeducing Author:Jeff Bezos
“We think too much and feel too little.” ThinkingFeelsLittlesKindnessToo MuchDictatorClevernessLullsHuman KindnessWicked WorldBaggy Pants Author:Charlie Chaplin