One Ought Quotes

64 One Ought quotes by 50 unique authors

Hence intellect[ual perception] is both a beginning and an end, for the demonstrations arise from these, and concern them. As a result, one ought to… — Aristotle
One ought to avoid all unnecessary worry and exciting thoughts, and to cultivate a firm tranquility of mind. Melancholy reflections will in no way influence… — George Hackenschmidt
The strength to kill is not essential for self-defense; one ought to have the strength to die. When a man is fully ready to die,… — Mahatma Gandhi
This is the law of benefits between men; the one ought to forget at once what was given, and the other ought never to forget… — Seneca the Younger
One ought to be ashamed to make use of the wonders of science embodied in a radio set, the while appreciating them as little as… — Albert Einstein
For words are magical formulae. They leave finger marks be hind on the brain, which in the twinkling of an eye become the footprints of… — Franz Kafka
One ought to sink to the bottom of the sea, probably, and live alone with one's words. — Virginia Woolf
One ought not to return injustice, nor do evil to anybody in the world, no matter what one may have suffered from them. — Socrates
The best pictures are always those one dreams of when one is smoking a pipe in bed, but which never get done. But still one… — Vincent Van Gogh
In order not to be astonished at obtaining victories, one ought not to think only of defeats. — Napoleon Bonaparte
Every one ought to study the Bible with two ends in view: his own growth in knowledge and grace, and passing it on to others.… — Dwight L. Moody
In order to be able thus to misjudge, and thus to grant left-handed veneration to our classics, people must have ceased to know them. This,… — Friedrich Nietzsche
One sometimes says: 'He killed himself because he was bored with life.' One ought rather to say: 'He killed himself because he was bored by… — Victor Hugo
True guilt is guilt at the obligation one owes to oneself to be oneself. False guilt is guilt felt at not being what other people… — R. D. Laing
All mankind... being all equal and independent, no one ought to harm another in his life, health, liberty or possessions. — John Locke
One ought to look a good deal at oneself before thinking of condemning others. — Moliere
With few exceptions, one ought always do what one is afraid of. — Viggo Mortensen
One ought to hold on to one's heart; for if one lets it go, one soon loses control of the head too. — Friedrich Nietzsche
All of us, whether or not we're celebrities, every one ought to spend part of their life making someone else's life better. — Jerry Springer
Perhaps the whole root of our trouble, the human trouble, is that we will sacrifice all the beauty of our lives, will imprison ourselves in… — James A. Baldwin

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