Quote by Mark Twain

“He was the type of person who was always on the periphery of one's attention, not outstanding for being handsome or intelligent or particularly…

— Azar Nafisi

“See the difference between the impression a man makes on you when you walk by his side in familiar talk, or look at him…

— George Eliot

“Thought he must be a lunatic—or too fond of the Communion wine or some such thing.”

— Carrie Anne Noble

“the presbyterian way has ever appeared to me most agreeable to the word of God, and the reason and nature of things;”

— Jonathan Edwards

“In his sermons, each a tapestry of ancient and humanist thought, he'd share with his congregation the fruits of that week's study. He was…

— Anonymous

“Even when in the deepest distress, the actor ultimately cannot cease to think of the impression he and the whole scenic effect is making,…

— Friedrich Nietzsche

“He was truly a man of faith. He believed in his friends, in the truth of things, and in something to which he didn't…

— Carlos Ruiz Zafón

“The prudent man always studies seriously and earnestly to understand whatever he professes to understand, and not merely to persuade other people that he…

— Adam Smith

“For as we would wish that a painter who is to draw a beautiful face, in which there is yet some imperfection, should neither…

— Plutarch

“It is curious that this man who, even in my childhood, made such an impression upon me, who had such a crucial influence on…

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

“he met the eyes of others with unanswering eyes, for he felt that the spirit of beauty had folded him round like a mantle…

— James Joyce

Everybody felt his superiority, but nobody felt oppressed by it. Though he had no illusions about people and human affairs, he was full of…

— Albert Einstein