Little Indian, Sioux, or Crow, Little frosty Eskimo, Little Turk or Japanee, Oh! don’t you wish that you were me? You have seen the scarlet trees, And the lions over seas; You have eaten ostrich eggs, And turned the turtle off their legs. Such a life is very fine, But it’s not so nice as […]
Others Quotes
Why do you notice the splinter in your brother’s eye, but do not perceive the wooden beam in your own eye? (Matthew 7:3)
We are usually convinced more easily by reasons we have found ourselves than by reasons which have occurred to others.
Human nature is so constituted, that all see and judge better in the affairs of other men than in their own.
And He has made from one blood every nation of men to dwell on all the face of the earth, and has determined their preappointed times and the boundaries of their dwellings. (Acts 17:26)
What we have done for ourselves alone dies with us. What we have done for others and the world remains and is immortal.
I miss the meaning of my own part in the play of life because I know not the parts that others play.
O humankind! Behold We created you male and female and We made you into nations and tribes so that you might come to know one another. (49:13)
For observations which ourselves we make, We grow more partial for the observer’s sake.
Who shall say what prospect life offers to another? Could a greater miracle take place than for us to look through other’s eyes for an instant? We should live in all the ages of the world in an hour; ay, in all the worlds of the ages. History, Poetry, Mythology! I know of no reading […]
