Psychology Quote by Saint Benedict of Nursia

“The abbot, perhaps, of a prosperous and deeply tanned order.”

— Peter Spiegelman

“She said a ruler must learn to persuade and not to compel. She said he must lay the best coffee hearth to attract the…

— Frank Herbert

“Everyone suspects themselves of at least one of the cardinal virtues...”

— F Scott Fitzgerald

“Like any wise ruler, Abbot Arkos did not issue orders vainly, when to disobey was possible and to enforce was not possible. It was…

— Walter M. Miller Jr

“When you see a Minister thinking more of himself than of you, and in all his actions seeking his own ends, that man can…

— Niccolò Machiavelli

“There is a certain grandeur and nobility in administering to another’s need out of one’s fullness and plenty.”

— Howard Thurman

“To be sure, the Bishop was a little theatrical in his humility, as he had been in his grandeur; but that was his way,…

— Willa Cather

“No man can be a good bishop if he loves his title but not his task.”

— Augustine of Hippo

“Of all knowledge, the wise and good seek mostly to know themselves.”

— William Shakespeare

“If one makes himself master of one vital book, he shall never become a commonplace man.”

— James Lowell

“Of him to whom less is given, less will be required, but our utmost exertions are required of us all.”

— Anne Brontë

“I am knowing to him who lacks knowledge, One who teaches a man what is useful to him. I am a straight one in…

— Miriam Lichtheim