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John Hall Gladstone

John Hall Gladstone quotes

last updated: November 28, 2023

“To comprehend a man's life, it is necessary to know not merely what he does but also what he purposely leaves undone. There is a limit to the work that can be got out of a human body or a human brain, and he is a wise man who wastes no energy on pursuits for which he is not fitted; and he is till wiser who, from among the things that he can do well, chooses and resolutely follows the best.”
-- John Hall Gladstone

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“To comprehend a man's life, it is necessary to know not merely what he does but also what he purposely leaves undone.”
-- John Hall Gladstone

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“The wise say that our failure is to form habits: for habit is the mark of a stereotyped world,”
“Ambition often puts Men upon doing the meanest offices; so climbing is performed in the same position with creeping.”
“A devotee should be fixed in the conclusion that, the spiritual master cannot be subject to criticism and should never be considered equal to a common man.”
“To be a textual critic requires aptitude for thinking and willingness to think; and though it also requires other things, those things are supplements and cannot be substitutes. Knowledge is good, method is good, but one thing beyond all others is necessary; and that is to have a head, not a pumpkin, on your shoulders and brains, not pudding, in your head.”

Source : "The Application of Thought to Textual Criticism". Lecture, August 04, 1921.
“Let me tell you, though: being the smartest boy in the world wasnâ€™t easy. I didnâ€™t ask for this. I didnâ€™t want this. On the contrary, it was a huge burden. First, there was the task of keeping my brain perfectly protected. My cerebral cortex was a national treasure, a masterpiece of the Sistine Chapel of brains. This was not something that could be treated frivolously. If I could have locked it in a safe, I would have. Instead, I became obsessed with brain damage.”
“You will find, that when you have someone to love, that the face is less important than the brain, and the body is less important than the heart.”
“Don't try to make intelligent decisions when your brain is hyped”
“What a splendid head, yet no brain.”
“It is the brain, the little gray cells on which one must rely. One must seek the truth within--not without." ~ Poirot”
“We're all getting too smart. Our brains are just getting bigger and bigger, and the world dries up and dies when there's too much thought and not enough heart.”

Source : Aimee Bender (2011). “The Girl in the Flammable Skirt: Stories”, p.11, Anchor

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