A Quote by Aldous Huxley

If one is not oneself a sage or saint, the best thing one can do is to study the words of those who were.

Aldous Huxley

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Aldous Huxley
English - Writer
July 26, 1894 - November 22, 1963

Much later, when I understood what perfection was, I realized that to become a saint one must suffer a great deal, always seek what is best, and forget oneself. I understood that there were many kinds of of sanctity and that each soul was free to respond to the approaches of Our Lord and to do little or much for Him - in other words,to make a choice among the sacrifices He demands.

Thérèse of Lisieux

To be a great man and a saint to oneself, that's the only important thing.

Charles Baudelaire

To be a great man and a saint for oneself, that is the only important thing.

Charles Baudelaire

I realized that to become a saint one must suffer a great deal, always seek what is best, and forget oneself.

Thérèse of Lisieux

The next best thing to being wise oneself is to live in a circle of those who are.

C. S. Lewis

When I read the documents relative to the Modernism, as it was defined by Saint Pius X, and when I compare them to the documents of the II Vatican Council, I cannot help being bewildered. For what was condemned as heresy in 1906 was proclaimed as what is and should be from now on the doctrine and method of the Church. In other words, the modernists of 1906 were, somewhat, precursors to me. My masters were part of them. My parents taught me Modernism. How could Saint Pius X reject those that now seem to be my precursors?

Jean Guitton

Can you come over to Amberwood? I need you to help me break curfew and escape my dorm.” There were a few moments of silence. “Sage, I’ve been waiting two months to hear you say those words. You want me to bring a ladder?

Richelle Mead

To know oneself means, among other things, to know oneself qua non-sage: that is, not as a sophos, but as a philo-sophos, someone on the way toward wisdom.

Pierre Hadot

I've always just wanted to earn my living by writing. The best thing is to go into my study in the morning and stay there and put words together.

Robert Harris

What is the way of the Buddha? It is to study the self. What is the study of the self? It is to forget oneself. To forget oneself is to enlightened by everything in the world.

Dogen

'Keep your head down at school.' Those are sage words from my dad. They kept me in check for years.

Dhani Harrison

To know oneself is to study oneself in action with another person.

Bruce Lee

To know oneself is to study oneself in action, which is relationship.

Jiddu Krishnamurti

Protestant parents still keep a Bible handy in the house, so that the children can study it, and one of the first things the little boys and girls learn is to be righteous and holy and not piss against the wall. They study those passages more than they study any others, except those which incite to masturbation. Those they hunt out and study in private.

Mark Twain

I would study the best, the most flashy, the guys that had that flair, the guys that had that wow. I'd study those fighters, and I made up my mind that I'd be all of those at once.