Thoughtful Quotes

At the end of life we will not be judged by how many diplomas we have received, how much money we have made, how many great things we have done. We will be judged by "I was hungry, and you gave me something to eat, I was naked and you clothed me. I was homeless, and you took me in.

Be less curious about people and more curious about ideas.

The oldest, shortest words - 'yes' and 'no' - are those which require the most thought.

Knowing your own darkness is the best method for dealing with the darknesses of other people.

How can we live in harmony? First we need to know we are all madly in love with the same God.

A strong nation, like a strong person, can afford to be gentle, firm, thoughtful, and restrained. It can afford to extend a helping hand to others. It's a weak nation, like a weak person, that must behave with bluster and boasting and rashness and other signs of insecurity.

Architecture is the thoughtful making of space

We cannot change anything until we accept it. Condemnation does not liberate, it oppresses.

How thoughtful of God to arrange matters so that, wherever you happen to be born, the local religion always turns out to be the true one.

Words have no power to impress the mind without the exquisite horror of their reality.

To one who has faith, no explanation is necessary. To one without faith, no explanation is possible.

In this respect fundamentalism has demonic traits. It destroys the humble honesty of the search for truth, it splits the conscience of its thoughtful adherents, and it makes them fanatical because they are forced to suppress elements of truth of which they are dimly aware

In all chaos there is a cosmos, in all disorder a secret order.

Permaculture is a philosophy of working with, rather than against nature; of protracted and thoughtful observation rather than protracted and thoughtless labor; and of looking at plants and animals in all their functions, rather than treating any area as a single product system

Remember, people will judge you by your actions not your intentions. You may have a heart of gold but so does a hard-boiled egg.

The sexiest thing in the entire world is being really smart. And being thoughtful and being generous. Everything else is crap. I promise you. It's just crap that people try to sell to you to make you feel like less. So don't buy it. Be smart. Be thoughtful and be generous.

The pendulum of the mind alternates between sense and nonsense, not between right and wrong.

Great thoughts speak only to the thoughtful mind, but great actions speak to all mankind.

BE PURPOSEFUL AND THOUGHTFUL IN THE CHOICES YOU MAKE WHEN THE OPTIONS ARE NEARLY INFINITE.

Since we astronomers are priests of the highest God in regard to the book of nature, it befits us to be thoughtful, not of the glory of our minds, but rather, above all else, of the glory of God.

If history records good things about good people, the thoughtful hearer is encouraged to imitate what is good; or if it records the evil of wicked people, the godly listener or reader is encouraged to avoid all that is sinful and bad, and to do what he knows to be good and pleasing to God.

Shrinking away from death is something unhealthy and abnormal which robs the second half of life of its purpose.

The shoe that fits one person pinches another; there is no recipe for living that suits all cases.

A man who has not passed through the inferno of his passions has never overcome them.

This is the power of gathering: it inspires us, delightfully, to be more hopeful, more joyful, more thoughtful: in a word, more alive.

The thoughtful soul to solitude retires.

Blogging is good for your career. A well-executed blog sets you apart as an expert in your field.

Permaculture principles focus on thoughtful designs for small-scale intensive systems which are labor efficient and which use biological resources instead of fossil fuels. Designs stress ecological connections and closed energy and material loops. The core of permaculture is design and the working relationships and connections between all things.

She always had that about her, that look of otherness, of eyes that see things much too far, and of thoughts that wander off the edge of the world.

A life not lived for others is not a life.

Three things are necessary for the salvation of man: to know what he ought to believe; to know what he ought to desire; and to know what he ought to do.

A small group of thoughtful people could change the world.

To one who is accustomed to thinking a lot, every new thought that he hears or reads about immediately appears as a link in a chain.

Gay people are the sweetest, kindest, most artistic, warmest and most thoughtful people in the world. And since the beginning of time all they've ever been is kicked.

We can change our whole life and the attitude of people around us simply by changing ourselves.

Objects do not have meaning. But if an object is thoughtful we project meaning onto it in daily life.

Warmth, kindness, and friendship are the most yearned for commodities in the world. The person who can provide them will never be lonely.

If you want to give light to others you have to glow yourself.

Nay, be a Columbus to whole new continents and worlds within you, opening new channels, not of trade, but of thought.

Every thoughtful and kind-hearted person must regard with interest any device or plan which promises to enable at least the more intelligent, enterprising, and determined part of those who are not capitalists to cease to labor for hire.

Help each other to live and to grow in the Christian faith so as to be valiant witnesses of the Lord. Be united, but not closed. Be humble, but not fearful. Be simple, but not naive. Be thoughtful, but not complicated. Enter into dialogue with others, but be yourselves.

Let the workers organize. Let the toilers assemble. Let their crystallized voice proclaim their injustices and demand their privileges. Let all thoughtful citizens sustain them, for the future of Labor is the future of America.

Better to illuminate than merely to shine; to deliver to others contemplated truths than merely to contemplate.

The purpose of a work of fiction is to appeal to the lingering after-effects in the reader's mind as differing from, say, the purpose of oratory or philosophy which respectively leave people in a fighting or thoughtful mood.

Let us make one point, that we meet each other with a smile, when it is difficult to smile. Smile at each other, make time for each other in your family.

The sexiest thing in the entire world is being really smart. And being thoughtful and being generous. Everything else is crap.

Thoughtful financial planning can easily take a backseat to daily life.

Those old adages - you attract more with honey; do unto others - are true. You can get attention by being acerbic or mean or making a bizarre comment. But by being nice, being empathetic, building relationships and listening, people begin to recognize that you're thoughtful and respectful of their position.

A thoughtful mind, when it sees a nation's flag, sees not the flag, but the nation itself.

As long as one keeps searching, the answers will come.