Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople Quotes

Learning to be silent is far more difficult and far more important than learning to recite prayers.

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople

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• Before this learning experience, I had assumed that with regard to programs that sought to help people out of poverty, the political world was essentially divided into two camps: conservatives who opposed these for a variety of reasons, and liberals who supported them.

  

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• We're not that much smarter than we used to be, even though we have much more information - and that means the real skill now is learning how to pick out the useful information from all this noise.

  

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• Let us be silent, that we may hear the whispers of the gods.

  

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• 'Cold Case' was fun. It was a fun experience. That was right when I was cutting my teeth as a TV actor. It was a great learning experience to work on really fast-paced television shows that are very high quality. It was a place where I learned that I had to keep up and I could keep up.

  

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• I love figuring out a stranger, sitting down and learning about their loves and struggles and everything. People are my jam.

  

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• I don't regret not going to college. Students learn up to the age of 21, then stop. I'll always be learning - the things that really matter in life. How to sign on, how to get free food, how to be streetwise.

  

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• It is less important, I believe, where you start. It is more important how and what you learn. If the quality of the learning is high, the development gradient is steep, and, given time, you can find yourself in a previously unattainable place.

  

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• The learning of the gentleman enters through his ears, fastens to his heart, spreads through his four limbs, and manifests itself in his actions. ... The learning of the petty person enters through his ears and passes out his mouth. From mouth to ears is only four inches—how could it be enough to improve a whole body much larger than that?

  

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• I'm a complete skeptic when it comes to the supernatural and all that. I've never had any ghost stories or any kind of weird experiences.

  

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• We don't live alone. We are members of one body. We are responsible for each other. And I tell you that the time will soon come when if men will not learn that lesson, then they will be taught it in fire and blood and anguish. Good night.

  

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• Learning to be silent is far more difficult and far more important than learning to recite prayers.

  

  Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople
  • Learning
  • Silent
  • Prayers