(278 quotes found)
“Cats are dangerous companions for writers because cat watching is a near-perfect method of writing avoidance”
Dan Greenburg
“By three methods we may learn wisdom: first, by reflection, which is noblest; second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third, by experience, which is the most bitter.”
Confucius
“An infallible method of making fanatics is to persuade before you instruct”
Voltaire
“Knowing your own darkness is the best method for dealing with the darknesses of other people.”
Carl Gustav Jung
“There are three methods to gaining wisdom. The first is reflection, which is the highest. The second is limitation, which is the easiest. The third is experience, which is the bitterest.”
“Scorn also to depress thy competitor by any dishonest or unworthy method; strive to raise thyself above him only by excelling him; so shall thy contest for superiority be crowned with honour, if not with success.”
Akhenaton
“Though this be madness, yet there is method”
William Shakespeare
“It is important that an aim never be defined in terms of activity or methods. It must always relate directly to how life is better for everyone... The aim of the system must be clear to everyone in the system. The aim must include plans for the future. The aim is a value judgment.”
W. Edwards Deming
“The true method of knowledge is experiment.”
William Blake
“Methods and means cannot be separated from the ultimate aim”
Emma Goldman