Knowing Quotes - Page 59
The true Poet is all-knowing; he is an actual world in miniature.
"Novalis". Essay by Thomas Carlyle, 1829.
Prudence therefore consists in knowing how to distinguish degrees of disadvantage.
Niccolo Machiavelli, Thomas Moore (2010). “Machiavelli, More & Luther”, p.78, Cosimo, Inc.
The art of translation lies less in knowing the other language than in knowing your own.
Ned Rorem (2013). “The Later Diaries of Ned Rorem: 1961–1972”, p.63, Open Road Media
Your happy destiny is unavoidable. You cannot be "saved." There is no hell except not knowing this.
Neale Donald Walsch (1996). “Conversations with God: An Uncommon Dialogue”, p.93, Penguin
Mother Teresa (2001). “Mother Teresa: Essential Writings”
"The Truth in Words". Book by Neal Zero, 2005.
We willingly accept and even embrace this mind control, and probably without even knowing it.
Mark Pagel (2012). “Wired for Culture: Origins of the Human Social Mind”, p.23, W. W. Norton & Company
You never know when you might be seeing someone for the last time.
Marilynne Robinson (2004). “Housekeeping: A Novel”, p.88, Macmillan
Marcel Proust, Christopher Prendergast (2002). “In Search of Lost Time: Sodom and Gomorrah”