People Quote by Kakuzō Okakura Download Open image ““People are not taught to be really virtuous, but to behave properly.”” — Kakuzō Okakura ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.2 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare People Virtuosity
“We were taught to be good, and we were taught to be careful. But in this world, sometimes, I do not think we can… — Marguerite Bennett Copy Share Image
“If you would thoroughly know anything, teach it to others. One who ceases to learn cannot adequately teach.” — Tryon Edwards Copy Share Image
“The lesson is this: Do what you're good at and do it well. Don't try to be something you're not.” — Nate Jackson Copy Share Image
“All honest effort produces lessons. We must embrace every type of learning, even failure.” — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“to teach is the best way to learn, but that the imperfect are the best teachers of the imperfect.” — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
“Some things cannot be taught; they must be experienced. You never learn the most valuable lessons in life until you go through your own… — Roy T. Bennett Copy Share Image
“Be slow to teach, and quick to learn. Avoid impious people, run from fools, and seek out the wise.” — Matshona Dhliwayo Copy Share Image
“Sometimes, we can learn the most from people who aren’t trying to teach.” — Mark Caster Copy Share Image
“Many often err and accomplish little or nothing because they try to become learned rather than to live well.” — Bernard of Clairvaux Copy Share Image
“Such veneration, however, is not accorded to the person himself because of his own greatness, but rather is accorded to the teaching that the… — Thupten Jinpa Copy Share Image
“You are being taught everything, but you are not being taught to be yourself. This is the ugliest form of society possible, because it… — Osho Copy Share Image
“Nothing is more hallowing than the union of kindred spirits in art. At the moment of meeting, the art lover transcends himself. At once… — Kakuzō Okakura Copy Share Image
“Welcome to thee, O sword of eternity! Through Buddha And through Daruma alike Thou hast cleft thy way.” — Kakuzō Okakura Copy Share Image
“Our standards of morality are begotten of the past needs of society, but is society to remain always the same?” — Kakuzō Okakura Copy Share Image
“At the magic touch of the beautiful the secret chords of our being are awakened, we vibrate and thrill in response to its call.… — Kakuzō Okakura Copy Share Image
“Have you not noticed that the wild flowers are becoming scarcer every year? It may be that their wise men have told them to… — Kakuzō Okakura Copy Share Image
“Behold the complacent salesman retailing the Good and True. One can even buy a so-called Religion, which is really but common morality sanctified with… — Kakuzo Okakura Copy Share Image
“Sad as it is, we cannot conceal the fact that in spite of our companionship with flowers we have not risen very far above… — Kakuzō Okakura Copy Share Image
“The claims of contemporary art cannot be ignored in any vital scheme of life. The art of to-day is that which really belongs to… — Kakuzō Okakura Copy Share Image
“We are ever brutal to those who love and serve us in silence, but the time may come when, for our cruelty, we shall… — Kakuzō Okakura Copy Share Image
“Our standards of morality are begotten of the past needs of society, but is society to remain always the same? The observance of communal… — Kakuzō Okakura Copy Share Image
If I am going to be phased out by whatever powers, then I want people to know that it is not because I am… — Parvathy Copy Share Image
Some people still believe you should just fall in line with what's going on - and that's scary. It makes a mockery of freedom… — Emily Robison Copy Share Image
The truth seems to be that propaganda on its own cannot force its way into unwilling minds; neither can it inculcate something wholly new;… — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
From Augustine down, theologians have tried to compel people to accept their special interpretation of the Scripture, and the tortures of the inquisition, the… — Matilda Joslyn Gage Copy Share Image
I wanted to write about voodoo tradition that I feel has been very important to survival of black people here: people of the African… — Jesmyn Ward Copy Share Image
I feel like I definitely have a real sporty style, more so than a lot of people in G.O.O.D. Music. — Big Sean Copy Share Image
I feel like the future is unwritten. So many of the things that we write now haven't been about educating people on the environment,… — John Flansburgh Copy Share Image
The only people who think the Internet is a calamity are people whose lives have been hurt by it; the only people who insist… — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
Crony capitalism is essentially a condition in which... public officials are giving favours to people in the private sector in payment of political favours. — Alan Greenspan Copy Share Image
I think, here's what I've realized from interviewing people, and I've been very open about my Catholicism and my love of Christ and I… — Jay Mohr Copy Share Image
For us who are now in power, we need to be challenged to serve the people and ignore our own egos and personal interests… — Wangari Maathai Copy Share Image
When I was trying to come up with a stage name, I thought 'Lord' was super rad, but really masculine - ever since I… — Lorde Copy Share Image
