June 2012
52 posts
“The credit of advancing science has always been due to individuals and never to the age.”
—Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“He who does not think much of himself is much more esteemed than he imagines.”
—Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“Hatred is something peculiar. You will always find it strongest and most violent where there is the lowest degree of culture.”
—Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“Daring ideas are like chessmen moved forward; they may be beaten, but they may start a winning game.”
—Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“A man’s manners are a mirror in which he shows his portrait.”
—Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“When I like people immensely I never tell their names to anyone. It is like surrendering a part of them. I have grown to love secrecy. It seems to be the one thing that can make modern life mysterious or marvelous to us. The commonest thing is delightful if one only hides it. When I leave town now I never tell my people where I am going. If I did, I would lose all my pleasure. It is a silly habit, I daresay, but somehow it seems to bring a great deal of romance into one’s life.”
—Oscar Wilde
“the key to public speaking to be this: “Be sincere, be brief, be seated.”
—Mud, Sweat, and Tears: The Autobiography by Bear Grylls
