Quotes
Quotes about Cause
Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something.
Practice no vice because it's trivial. Neglect no virtue because it's so.
A man is not idle because he is absorbed in thought. There is a visible labor and there is an invisible labor.
How much more grievous are the consequences of anger than the causes of it.
Don't look forward to the day you stop suffering, because when it comes you'll know you're dead.
critic, n. A person who boasts himself hard to please because nobody tries to please him.
Love your enemies because they bring out the best in you.
Because the heart beats under a covering of hair, of fur, feathers, or wings, is it, for that reason, to be of no account?
I have only made this letter longer because I have not had the time to make it shorter.
How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving and tolerant of the weak and strong. Because someday in life you will have been all of these.
Every now and then go away, have a little relaxation, for when you come back to your work your judgment will be surer. Go some distance away because then the work appears smaller and more of it can be taken in at a glance and a lack of harmony and proportion is more readily seen.
Because I have loved life, I shall have no sorrow to die.
I know I am among civilized men because they are fighting so savagely.
Because no battle is ever won he said. They are not even fought. The field only reveals to man his own folly and despair, and victory is an illusion of philosophers and fools.
If I have seen farther than others, it is because I have stood on the shoulders of giants.
Death is not extinguishing the light; it is putting out the lamp because the dawn has come.
All wars are civil wars, because all men are brothers... Each one owes infinitely more to the human race than to the particular country in which he was born.
If I seem to take part in politics, it is only because politics encircles us today like the coil of a snake from which one cannot get out, no matter how much one tries. I wish therefore to wrestle with the snake.
To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate beauty; to find the best in others; to leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded.
Charity sees the need not the cause.
Man is condemned to be free; because once thrown into the world, he is responsible for everything he does.
Why is it that we rejoice at a birth and grieve at a funeral? It is because we are not the person involved.
Constant kindness can accomplish much. As the sun makes ice melt, kindness causes misunderstanding, mistrust, and hostility to evaporate.
The zoo is a prison for animals who have been sentenced without trial and I feel guilty because I do nothing about it. I wanted to see an oyster-catcher, so I was no better than the people who caged the oyster-catcher for me to see.
We are so fond of being out among nature, because it has no opinions about us.
