Quotes on Persons

Once to every person and nation come the moment to decide. In the conflict of truth with falsehood, for the good or evil side.

The superior man sets his person at rest before he moves; he composes his mind before he speaks.

HERMIT, n. A person whose vices and follies are not sociable.

I saw that everything really was written there before me, and that the doors had only been closed before because I hadn't realized that I was the one person in the world with the authority to open them.

The mature person perceives the fruitlessness of rigid, external methodologies; Remembering this, he keeps his attitude unstructured at all times and thus is always free to pursue the Integral Way. He studies the teachings of the masters. He dissolves all concepts of duality. He pours himself out in service to others.

Because I want every kid to be viewed as a person rather than as a member of a certain race does not mean that I'm not black enough. . . . Do they want me to be positive just for black kids and negative for everybody else?

A Coach must never forget that he is a leader and not merely a person with authority.

Losing touch with spirit does nothing to the field of creativity, which is beyond harm; but it can do much to damage a person's chance in life.

I have far more respect for the person with a single idea who gets there than for the person with a thousand ideas who does nothing.

I had discovered that a person does not have to be this or be that or be anything, not even oneself. One is free.

Every single person has within an ocean of pure vibrant consciousness. Every single human being can experience that - infinite intelligence, infinite creativity, infinite happiness, infinite energy, infinite dynamic peace.

The challenge of education is not to prepare a person for success, but to prepare him for failure.

We prefer ourselves to others, only because we a have more intimate consciousness and confirmed opinion of our own claims and merits than of any other person's.

There's no one as transparent as the person who thinks he's devilish deep.

We can't do without dominating others or being served.... The essential thing, in sum, is being able to get angry without the other person being able to answer back.

Is a person's public and private opinion the same? It is thought there have been instances.

Irrevence is another person's disrespect to your god; there isn't any word that tells what your disrespect to his god is.

Looking back, I realize that my life has been a series of incidents where one person has said to another, "Get this asshole outta here!"

If I ever lose my mind I hope some honest person will find it and take it to Lost and Found.

Avarice often produces opposite results: there are an infinite number of persons who sacrifice their property to doubtful and distant expectations; others mistake great future advantages for small present interests.

There may be responsible persons, but there are no guilty ones.