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Letter "G" » genuine
«Genuine good taste consists in saying much in few words, in choosing among our thoughts, in having order and arrangement in what we say, and in speaking with composure»
«If you want to know the taste of a pear, you must change the pear by eating it yourself. If you want to know the theory and methods of revolution, you must take part in revolution. All genuine knowledge originates in direct experience.»
«Learn to be quiet enough to hear the genuine within yourself so that you can hear it in others.»
«Happy is he who has laid up in his youth, and held fast in all fortune, a genuine and passionate love for reading»
«Genuine politics -- even politics worthy of the name -- the only politics I am willing to devote myself to -- is simply a matter of serving those around us: serving the community and serving those who will come after us. Its deepest roots are moral because it is a responsibility expressed through action, to and for the whole.»
Author: Vaclav Havel
(Playwright, President)
| Keywords:
come after, deep-rooted, devote, expressed, genuine, roots, serving, whole name
«Genuine ignorance is... profitable because it is likely to be accompanied by humility, curiosity, and open mindedness; whereas ability to repeat catch-phrases, cant terms, familiar propositions, gives the conceit of learning and coats the mind with varnish waterproof to new ideas.»
Author: John Dewey
(Educator, Philosopher, Psychologist)
| Keywords:
accompanied, cant, canted, canting, cants, catch phrase, coats, conceit, genuine, phrases, profitable, propositions, The Cant, varnish, varnished, waterproof
«Illusory joy is often worth more than genuine sorrow.»
Author: Rene Descartes
(Mathematician, Philosopher, Scientist)
| About:
Joy
| Keywords:
genuine, illusory
«I would like to explain the meaning of compassion, which is often misunderstood. Genuine compassion is based not on our own projections and expectations, but rather on the rights of the other: irrespective of whether another person is a close friend»
Author: Dalai Lama
| About:
Expectation
| Keywords:
genuine, irrespective, misunderstood, projection, projections
«Laughter without a tinge of philosophy is but a sneeze of humor. Genuine humor is replete with wisdom.»
Author: Mark Twain
(Humorist, Lecturer, Writer)
| Keywords:
genuine, replete, sneeze, sneezed, sneezes, sneezing, tinge, tinged, tingeing, without humor, with wisdom
«Genuine poetry can communicate before it is understood.»
Author: T.S. Eliot
(Critic, Editor, Playwright, Poet)
| About:
Communication,
Poetry
| Keywords:
communicate, genuine, understood
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