Socrates Quotes
The highest realms of thought are impossible to reach without first attaining an understanding of compassion.
Socrates
Quotes to Explore
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The wretched have no compassion, they can do good only from strong principles of duty.
Samuel Johnson
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There is nothing cooler than to have them singing your words back to you. The last show I did, I was kind of nervous about putting the mic out there, because you're not sure how it's going to go. But I did, and they sang the whole chorus. I thought, 'Holy crap! That is the coolest feeling.' It's the biggest rush ever.
RaeLynn
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I was never really a Mod. I thought I was more of a beatnik with the brown corduroy jacket, blue jeans, etc. I loved the music Mods liked, and I loved the clothes, but I didn't have any money to spend on them.
Ian McLagan
Small Faces
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Writing about a person whose struggle you wish you could solve is an act of compassion and also, frankly, opportunism.
Karen Bender
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Kicks are my forte. I've got strong legs and high kicks. And I've got very good reach, obviously.
Tamsin Egerton
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I never thought I was a very good manager.
Barry Diller
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Happiness is understanding that friendship is more precious than mere things, more precious than getting your own way, more precious than being in situations where true principles are not at stake.
J. Donald Walters
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'I don’t know.' That was typical Sajaki; like all the genuinely clever people Sylveste had met he knew better than to feign understanding where none existed.
Alastair Reynolds
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I'd definitely rather be rich than famous.
Radha Mitchell
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I never think about actual things when I'm painting. I'm not thinking, "I'm going to put a person here, a tree here and a bird there." The beginning stage is always the sound. From that, slowly, stories come about based on what I'm reading or thinking at the time, but if I didn't have that sound I don't know what I would do.
Ali Banisadr
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It's something he used to say when he was happy. It could be a very, very simple day. We might be sitting out on the front lawn. Dad loved classical music and we might be listening to some Stravinsky or something and having some tea and eggs. And he'd say, 'Oh, good stuff, isn't it?'
Jennifer Grant
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The highest realms of thought are impossible to reach without first attaining an understanding of compassion.
Socrates