Every heart is the other heart. Every soul is the other soul. Every face is the other face. The individual is the one illusion.
Others Quotes
If I have seen farther than others, it is because I was standing on the shoulders of giants.
Other men’s sins are before our eyes; our own are behind our backs.
It is poor judgment to countersign another’s note, to become responsible for his debts. (Proverbs 17:18)
We are like sculptors, constantly carving out of others the image we long for, need, love or desire, often against reality, against their benefit, and always, in the end, a disappointment, because it does not fit them.
When they are alone they want to be with others, and when they are with others they want to be alone. After all, human beings are like that.
As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another. (Proverbs 27:17)
Speak your truth quietly and clearly; and listen to others, even to the dull and ignorant; they too have their story. Avoid loud and aggressive persons, they are vexations to the spirit. If you compare yourself with others, you may become vain and bitter, for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself.
I love to lose myself in other men’s minds.
A hundred times every day I remind myself that my inner and outer life depend on the labors of other men, living and dead, and that I must exert myself in order to give in the measure as I have received and am still receiving.
