#lies

Everyone calls himself a friend, but only a fool relies on it; nothing is commoner than the name, nothing rarer than the thing. ↗

— Jean de La Fontaine

#commoner #everyone #fool #friend #himself

If there is any one secret of success, it lies in the ability to get the other person's point of view and see things from that person's angle as well as from your own. ↗

— Henry Ford

#angle #any #get #lies #other

A man who as a physical being is always turned toward the outside, thinking that his happiness lies outside him, finally turns inward and discovers that the source is within him. ↗

— Soren Kierkegaard

#being #discovers #finally #happiness #happiness lies

The worlds I paint leave a lot to engage the imagination by hinting at what lies beyond the four edges of the painting. I think getting beyond the four edges of an opportunity or challenge is one of the basic skills you need in business. ↗

— Thomas Kinkade

#beyond #business #challenge #edges #engage

What lies behind us and what lies ahead of us are tiny matters compared to what lives within us. ↗

— Henry David Thoreau

#behind #compared #lies #lives #matters

To me, the appeal of opera lies in the fact that a myriad of singers and instruments, each possessed of different qualities of voice and sound, against the backdrop of a grand stage and beautiful costumes, come together in one complete and impressive drama. ↗

— Junichiro Koizumi

#appeal #backdrop #beautiful #come #complete

My interest in desperation lies only in that sometimes I find myself having become desperate. Very seldom do I start out that way. I can see of course that, in the abstract, thinking and all activity is rather desperate. ↗

— Willem de Kooning

#activity #become #course #desperate #desperation

In oneself lies the whole world and if you know how to look and learn, the door is there and the key is in your hand. Nobody on earth can give you either the key or the door to open, except yourself. ↗

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

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People want the right to die at a time of their own choosing. Too many families have watched helplessly as a relative dies slowly, longing for death. ↗

— Polly Toynbee

#death #die #dies #families #helplessly

Is anyone serious about the politics of happiness? David Cameron dipped a toe in the water, using the word lightly, but denying the hard policies it implies. Labour shies away from it, but should take up the challenge. ↗

— Polly Toynbee

#anyone #away #cameron #challenge #david