Serious Quotes

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If the gentleman is not serious, he will not be respected, and his learning will not be on a firm foundation. He considers loyalty and… — Confucius
Even talking about change can be threatening to entrenched interests...Careers in the Pentagon, the board room, or the halls of Congress are not advanced by… — Mac Thornberry
Playing as children means playing is the most serious thing in the world. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
Modern society will find no solution to the ecological problem unless it takes a serious look at its lifestyle. — Pope John Paul II
My point here, young couples, is that baby-having is extremely serious business, and you probably don't have the vaguest idea what you're doing, as is… — Dave Barry
We only regard those unions as real examples of love and real marriages in which a fixed and unalterable decision has been taken. If men… — Alfred Adler
One [idea] was that the Universe started its life a finite time ago in a single huge explosion, and that the present expansion is a… — Fred Hoyle
Serious people have few ideas. People with ideas are never serious. — Paul Valery
Your glass will not do you half so much service as a serious reflection on your own minds. — Mary Astell
Millions of people have tried meditation and dropped out of it because they took it very seriously. Religion has been thought to be a very… — Rajneesh
Religion in the West has a very wrong connotation. It has almost reached to a point where the very word 'religion' creates a repulsion, where… — Rajneesh
For the Baul, life is not a serious thing. It is fun, it is laughter, it is joy. So you cannot find anything like the… — Rajneesh
Never misunderstand seriousness for sincerity. Sincerity is very playful, never serious. It is true, authentic, but never serious. Sincerity does not have a long face,… — Rajneesh
God has a tremendous sense of humor! Religion remains something dead without a sense of humor as a foundation to it. God would not have… — Rajneesh
The ego can exist only if you take yourself and everything seriously. Nothing kills the ego like playfulness, like laughter. When you start taking life… — Rajneesh
A man of knowing attains to a sense of humour. Let this always be remembered. If you see someone who has no sense of humour,… — Rajneesh
To laugh at others is egoistic; to laugh at oneself is very humble. Learn to laugh at yourself - about your seriousness and things like… — Rajneesh
Meditation doesn't lead you to silence; meditation only creates the situation in which the silence happens. And this should be the criterion - that whenever… — Rajneesh
We send cruise missiles and then we think everything's all right or we try to bring them to trial. My friends, this time they've gone… — John McCain
Be sincere and true to your word, serious and careful in your actions; and you will get along even among barbarians, But if you are… — Confucius
Telling the truth ... is not solely a matter of moral character; it is also a matter of correct appreciation of real situations and of… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer
'Tis certain that a serious attention to the sciences and liberal arts softens and humanizes the temper, and cherishes those fine emotions in which true… — David Hume
In a serious struggle there is no worse cruelty than to be magnanimous at an inopportune time. — Leon Trotsky
Out of suffering comes the serious mind; out of salvation, the grateful heart; out of endurance, fortitude; out of deliverance faith. Patient endurance attends to… — Teresa of Avila
Human affairs are not serious, but they have to be taken seriously. — Iris Murdoch

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