One Cannot Quotes

515 quotes by 387 authors

It is said that what is called "the spirit of an age" is something to which one cannot return. That this spirit gradually dissipates is… — Yamamoto Tsunetomo
One cannot divine nor forecast the conditions that will make happiness; one only stumbles upon them by chance, in a lucky hour, at the world's… — Willa Cather
A person can perform only from strength. One cannot build performance on weakness, let alone on something one cannot do at all. — Peter Drucker
There is no fear. Absolutely no fear. When one lives without fear, one cannot be broken. When one lives with fear one is broken before… — James Frey
Language disguises the thought; so that from the external form of the clothes one cannot infer the form of the thought they clothe, because the… — Ludwig Wittgenstein
That is the challenge Companion. To take what has happened to you and learn from it. Nothing is quite so destructive as pity, especially self-pity.… — Robin Hobb
Hate does not produce love, and by hate one cannot remake the world. — Errico Malatesta
Attacking bad books is not only a waste of time but also bad for the character. If I find a book really bad, the only… — Wystan Hugh Auden
No single man makes history. History cannot be seen, just as one cannot see grass growing. Wars and revolutions, kings and Robespierres, are history's organic… — Boris Pasternak
One cannot be humble and aware of oneself at the same time. — Madeleine L'Engle
Monsters cannot be announced. One cannot say: 'Here are our monsters,' without immediately turning the monsters into pets. — Jacques Derrida
One cannot seperate truth from actions...Physically inevitable or not, truth stands above all things. It is independant of who has the best army, who can… — Brandon Sanderson
I have begun everything with the idea that I could succeed, and I never had much patience with the multitudes of people who are always… — Booker T. Washington
One cannot be too careful with words, they change their minds just as people do. — Jose Saramago
Brown Penny I WHISPERED, 'I am too young,' And then, 'I am old enough'; Wherefore I threw a penny To find out if I might… — William Butler Yeats
When one is striding bravely into the future one cannot watch one's footing. — Barbara Mertz
If one cannot learn from the mistakes of others, one might as well become a Democrat. — Esther M. Friesner
One forgets the fear of heights when one cannot fall — C.E. Murphy
Because the Christian God is not a lonely God, but rather a communion of three persons, faith leads human beings into the divine communion. One… — Miroslav Volf
What is the point of having free will if one cannot occasionally spit in the eye of destiny? — Jim Butcher

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