Thought Provoking Quotes

In dealing with a man who thinks you are a fool, it is good sometimes to remind him that you know what he knows but have chosen to appear foolish for the sake of peace.

We cannot trample upon the humanity of others without devaluing our own. The Igbo, always practical, put it concretely in their proverb Onye ji onye n'ani ji onwe ya: 'He who will hold another down in the mud must stay in the mud to keep him down.'

Nobody can teach me who I am. You can describe parts of me, but who I am - and what I need - is something I have to find out myself.

The oldest, shortest words - 'yes' and 'no' - are those which require the most thought.

We will not have failure - only success and new learning.

The most thought-provoking thing in our thought-provoking time is that we are still not thinking.

Why is it that weeks and months and years go by so quickly, all in a blur, but moments last forever?

The damage done in one year can sometimes take ten or twenty years to repair.

Electric communication will never be a substitute for the face of someone who with their soul encourages another person to be brave and true.

Never forget that everything Hitler did in Germany was legal.

Silence is better than unmeaning words.

We worry a great deal about the problem of church and state. Now what about the church and God? Sometimes there seems to be a greater separation between the church and God than between the church and state.

Don't fall into the trap of studying the Bible without doing what it says.

You never know what is enough unless you know what is more than enough.

The irony is that while God doesn’t need us but still wants us, we desperately need God but don’t really want Him most of the time.

If you ask managers what they do, they will most likely tell you that they plan, organise, co-ordinate and control. Then watch what they do. Don't be surprised if you can't relate what you see to those four words.

As a man is, so he sees.

A man of worth never gets up to unsay what he said yesterday.

The safest road to hell is the gradual one - the gentle slope, soft underfoot, without sudden turnings, without milestones, without signposts.

Courage is never to let your actions be influenced by your fears.

You can use all the quantitative data you can get, but you still have to distrust it and use your own intelligence and judgment.

Our wretched species is so made that those who walk on the well-trodden path always throw stones at those who are showing a new road.

Google can bring you back 100,000 answers. A librarian can bring you back the right one.

When suffering knocks at your door and you say there is no seat for him, he tells you not to worry because he has brought his own stool.

Active Evil is better than Passive Good.