Eugene J. Martin Quotes
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People fight not because they disagree,but because they don’t know they agree.
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Money inspires activity, not honesty.
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Because of subconscious guilt, people spend half their lives in self-punishment and the other half taking on more guilt.
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When making a commitment, make it not to someone, but of someone to yourself.
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There are opposing forces in all living things. My work reflects this and stirs up a contrast of emotions in the viewer... perception versus annoyance. To the viewer who has reached that level of awareness, my work is no longer abstract, but very real.
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Genius does not only require superior knowledge and skill, but also superior patience.
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One tool that is used most and has the greatest misuse of power is looks, and another tool that is used least and has the least desire for power is wisdom.
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People find it easy to justify their frustration in the struggle to manipulate others, but find it hard to justify the struggle for their own growth.
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If you seek just a little truth, as most, you should not ignore abstract forms, the basis from which all short-lived experiences we call reality springs.
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It’s past time that people get involved in thinking – now that the computers can take over the field of memory.
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Most writers are successful in getting their readers’ attention, but fail at getting them to think. If you’re asked to explain anything philosophical to anyone, the chances are great their understanding will be superficial; it’s best they don’t understand than to think they do, so encourage them to grow into understanding and don’t hand them too much explanation.
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Can someone eat the fruit that comes from the tree of action that grows from the seeds of your mind?
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All things – great, small, good, bad, friend, enemy—should be a lesson, not an obsession.
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Just as feelings grow out of ignorance, intuition should grow out of knowledge.
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Vanity begins and ends with deception, so the reason people put interesting and attractive clothes on their bodies is perhaps the same for having uninteresting and unattractive expressions on their faces.
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Defensive thinkers best defend themselves from knowing who they are.