#not

What is merit? The opinion one man entertains of another. ↗

— Henry John Temple

#man #merit #opinion

Authority is by nothing so much strengthened and confirmed as by custom; for no man easily distrusts the things which he and all men have been always bred up to. ↗

— William Temple

#authority #been #bred #confirmed #custom

There cannot live a more unhappy creature than an ill-natured old man, who is neither capable of receiving pleasures, nor sensible of conferring them on others. ↗

— William Temple

#capable #creature #live #man #more

Arguments about Scripture achieve nothing but a stomachache and a headache. ↗

— Tertullian

#achieve #headache #nothing #scripture

My point of view is that when I am playing cricket I cannot think that this game is less or more important. ↗

— Sachin Tendulkar

#cannot #cricket #game #i #i am

We cannot be kind to each other here for even an hour. We whisper, and hint, and chuckle and grin at our brother's shame; however you take it we men are a little breed. ↗

— Alfred Lord Tennyson

#breed #brother #cannot #chuckle #each

The Gods themselves cannot recall their gifts. ↗

— Alfred Lord Tennyson

#gifts #gods #recall #their #themselves

I am human and let nothing human be alien to me. ↗

— Terence

#am #human #i #i am #me

In fact nothing is said that has not been said before. ↗

— Terence

#before #fact #in fact #nothing #said

We need to find God, and he cannot be found in noise and restlessness. God is the friend of silence. See how nature - trees, flowers, grass- grows in silence; see the stars, the moon and the sun, how they move in silence... We need silence to be able to touch souls. ↗

— Mother Teresa

#cannot #find #flowers #found #friend