Example Quote by Al-Kindi Download Open image “To disarm a zealot, teach him truth by precept, and mildness by example.” — Al-Kindi ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.7 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Example Mildness Teach Truth Zeal Zealot
Teach him a certain refinement in sorting out and selecting his arguments, with an affection for relevance and so for brevity. Above all let… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
Let him the intelligent man admonish, let him teach, let him forbid what is improper ! - he will be beloved of the good,… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
For forms of faith let graceless zealots fight; his can't be wrong whose life is in the right. — Alexander Pope Copy Share Image
I beg of you always to dwell upon the necessity of a thorough understanding of principles, in order to stop the vivacity of his… — Nicolas Malebranche Copy Share Image
“The only teaching possible is to show a man how to learn from his own wisdom, and to utilise his ignorance and mistakes: not… — Austin Osman Spare Copy Share Image
He who knoweth the precepts by heart, but faileth to practice them, is like unto one who lighteth a lamp and then shutteth his… — Ritu Ghatourey Copy Share Image
He that is conceited of his Wisdom, is readier to impose Error, than to receive Truth. — Benjamin Whichcote Copy Share Image
He is a hypocrite who professes what he does not believe; not he who does not practice all he wishes or approves. — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
FIRST keep thyself in peace, and then shalt thou be able to be a peacemaker towards others. A peaceable man doth more good than a well-learned. A passionate man turneth even good into evil and easily believeth evil; a good, peaceable man converteth all things into good. He who dwelleth in peace is suspicious of none, but he who is… — Thomas Kempis Copy Share
Be brief, that the mind may catch thy precepts, and the more easily retain them. — Horace Copy Share Image
As for our pupils talk, let his virtue and his sense of right and wrong shine through it and have no guide but reason. Make him understand that confessing an error which he discovers in his own argument even when he alone has noticed it is an act of justice and integrity, which are the main qualities he pursues; stubbornness… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share
We ought not to be embarrassed of appreciating the truth and of obtaining it wherever it comes from, even if it comes from races… — Al-Kindi Copy Share Image
We should not be ashamed to acknowledge truth from whatever source it comes to us, even if it is brought to us by former… — Al-Kindi Copy Share Image
I love playing for my country, getting the support. Especially for the kids and everybody, showing my example of what I can achieve so… — Maria Sharapova Copy Share Image
It's like the query letter problem that I just mentioned, magnified a hundredfold. You might be good at telling a story, but that doesn't… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
I think leading by example is important, as I know the next generation is watching us. — Michael Skolnik Copy Share Image
Can you imagine any better example of divine creative accomplishment that the consummate flying machine that is a bird? The skeleton, very flexible and… — Guy Murchie Copy Share Image
Men trust rather to their eyes than to their ears; the effect of precepts is therefore slow and tedious, whilst that of examples is… — Seneca the Younger Copy Share Image
Popular culture as a whole is popular, but in today's fragmented market it's a jostle of competing unpopular popular cultures. As the critic Stanley… — Mark Steyn Copy Share Image
You can have examples of reasons to hate people, but if you analyze those reasons it's like, Oh, I'm hating that person based on… — Charlyne Yi Copy Share Image
The protestant world is in great need of examples (like these) that will beckon us to the fullness of God. — Mike Bickle Copy Share Image
If it comes to a question of law, the charges they brought against me - the Espionage Act - is called the quintessential political… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
I'm not the most vocal guy, but I try to lead by example every single day with how I work. — Brandon Ingram Copy Share Image
But actually theory is very practical. Gravity is a theory, for example. It allows you to predict that if you step off a cliff… — Clayton Christensen Copy Share Image
I had the best example set by my parents for what a couple can - and, in my opinion, should - be. — Brett Young Copy Share Image
