Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton Quotes
Of all the weaknesses little men rail against, there is none that they are more apt to ridicule than the tendency to believe. And of all the signs of a corrupt heart and a feeble head, the tendency of incredulity is the surest. Real philosophy seeks rather to solve than to deny.
Quotes to Explore
-
If I miss coaching that much, I could go to some little school where they didn't recruit, where all the kids wanted to go. I believe I could find somewhere to coach.
-
Dixie Chicks surprised me with a beautiful three-part harmony version of 'I'll Take Care of You.' And Don Henley's performance of 'The Heart of the Matter' still just slays me every time I hear it.
-
It takes heart to be in political life.
-
Love me or hate me, both are in my favour. If you love me, I will always be in your heart, and if you hate me, I will be in your mind.
-
I've learned through experience that life is never that bad. The secret is just paying attention to how you feel and not letting anyone else dictate what in your heart you know is right.
-
My songs are a direct route into my brain and my heart.
-
Privately, I believe in none of them. Neither do you. Publicly, I believe in them all.
-
When you come through a business education, a lot of what they teach you is to make decisions through analysis, and logic and rationale, and I'm a big believer in that. But I also believe in the power of instinct. The truth is you're never going to have a perfect answer or view of how it is going to work.
-
I think The Doors are one of the classic groups, and I think we're all tempted to feel like the time in which we grew up was somehow special, but I really do believe that there were two golden eras in music: The Forties and Fifties of big band, jazz and swing, and the Sixties and Seventies of rock. To me, they're really unparalleled.
-
I've been doing this career for a really long time, but there was not a lot of reason, at the time when I wrote 'Fight Song,' to believe that I should keep going.
-
I believe when it comes to love, there's something intangible about who we are attracted to, and I don't think I have a pattern.
-
No matter what love throws at you, you have to believe in it.
-
I personally believe that our planet would be absolutely fine without religion, and I also feel we are evolving in that direction.
-
Observe that it is a great error to believe that all mediums of art are not closely tied to their time.
-
A liberal education is at the heart of a civil society, and at the heart of a liberal education is the act of teaching.
-
It's important to recognize that forgiveness is more than mere words; it's a heart attitude that induces a spiritual transformation.
-
The philosophy of Buddhism is connected to everything. So it probably does have some connection with acting, yes.
-
Summer has filled her veins with light and her heart is washed with noon.
-
Wherever I am when you feel sick at heart and weary of life, or when you stumble and fall and don’t know if you can get up again, think of me. I will be watching and smiling and cheering on.
-
When we meet real tragedy in life, we can react in two ways - either by losing hope and falling into self-destructive habits, or by using the challenge to find our inner strength. Thanks to the teachings of Buddha, I have been able to take this second way.
-
The discipline of singing early music has a special sound - (it's) very clear.
-
Let not your love become attachment, nor your hate become destruction.
-
I just try to keep rebounding the ball as much as I can. I just go out there and do what needs to be done and don't worry about my stats.
-
Of all the weaknesses little men rail against, there is none that they are more apt to ridicule than the tendency to believe. And of all the signs of a corrupt heart and a feeble head, the tendency of incredulity is the surest. Real philosophy seeks rather to solve than to deny.
