What I have known with respect to myself, has tended much to lessen both my admiration, and my contempt, of others.
More Quotes from Joseph Priestley:
Every man, when he comes to be sensible of his natural rights, and to feel his own importance, will consider himself as fully equal to any other person whatever.Joseph Priestley
As we read the school reports on our children, we realize a sense of relief that can rise to delight that thank Heaven nobody is reporting in this fashion on us.
Joseph Priestley
To me there is in happiness an element of self-forgetfulness. You lose yourself in something outside yourself when you are happy just as when you are desperately miserable you are intensely conscious of yourself, are a solid little lump of ego weighing a ton.
Joseph Priestley
We should like to have some towering geniuses, to reveal us to ourselves in color and fire, but of course they would have to fit into the pattern of our society and be able to take orders from sound administrative types.
Joseph Priestley
The more elaborate our means of communication, the less we communicate.
Joseph Priestley
Readers Who Like This Quotation Also Like:
Based on Keywords: lessenRandom violence is incredibly infectious.
Nicholas D. Kristof
The Pacific Northwest depends on inexpensive renewable energy from our dams.
Cathy McMorris
The great musicians are those who can reach people, who can make people feel something.
Sam Rivers