John Locke Quotes
Earthly minds, like mud walls, resist the strongest batteries; and though, perhaps, sometimes the force of a clear argument may make some impression, yet they nevertheless stand firm, keep out the enemy, truth, that would captivate or disturbe them.
Quotes to Explore
-
You have to make the mistakes and have those failures in order to learn from them and grow and improve... But for me, the best way to combat any of that beating yourself up or overanalysing, the most important part is always to be prepared to the best of your ability.
-
People are intrigued when they discover you date a footballer - women especially.
-
There is no diplomacy like candor.
-
You can't just keep recycling revivals. And you can't keep betting on the efforts of guys like me who've been around. You have to take the next step and bet on the next generation.
-
In our local Baptist church, I sang in the choir and formed a gospel quartet. When our minister caught me messing with his guitar, he taught me three positions – one, four and five. After that, I taught myself to play.
-
I've only chosen films that offered me something concrete, even if it is less than what I get to do in the South.
-
The crisis of black politics can only be resolved through the development of multiclass, multiracial, progressive political structures.
-
My soul is now her day, my day her night, So I lie down, and so I rise.
-
If we are serious about providing upward mobility and building a skilled workforce, pre-school is the place to begin.
-
We read Robert Browning's poetry. Here we needed no guidance from the professor: the poems themselves were enough.
-
My mum's really short so she always wears really tall heels, and I used to steal them and now it's just a part of my everyday life.
-
It could be that all awful dictators are frustrated artists - Mao with his poetry and Mussolini with his monuments. Stalin was once a journalistic hack, and I can personally testify to how frustrated they are. Pol Pot left a very edgy photo collection behind. And Osama seems quite interested in video.
-
I punish myself more than anybody else does if I am stupid about my actions, and I suffer, really suffer.
-
After the fall of dictator Nicolae Ceausescu, Romanians were crazed with happiness. People who never met each other before hugged each other in the streets - convinced that tomorrow things would look different. Then came the many disappointments.
-
America is the first country... that can actually have a bloodless revolution.
-
South Africa is labouring to find its revolutionary path; the colours of the Rainbow Nation have difficulty blending together; the wealthy elites (white, black or Indian) profit from de facto segregation.
-
Public appearances are a headache. I hold mine down to a minimum.
-
The soul can split the sky in two and let the face of God shine through.
-
I was born during the war and grew up in a time of rationing. We didn't have anything. It's influenced the way I look at the world.
-
It was such a turning point to find that I had a talent and I had something to contribute, somewhere.
-
Herein lies the real value of education. Advanced education may or may not make men and women more efficient; but it enriches personality, increases the wealth of the mind, and hence brings happiness. It is the finest insurance against old age, against the growth of physical disability, of the lack and loss of animal delights.
-
For the average person, many folks who don't have health insurance initially, they're going to have to make some choices. And they might end up having to switch doctors, in part because they're saving money.
-
Earthly minds, like mud walls, resist the strongest batteries; and though, perhaps, sometimes the force of a clear argument may make some impression, yet they nevertheless stand firm, keep out the enemy, truth, that would captivate or disturbe them.
