
„A fool sees himself as another, but a wise man sees others as himself.“
— Dogen, How to Cook Your Life: From the Zen Kitchen to Enlightenment
— Anthony de Mello, Context: The feigning sleeper can delude others — he cannot delude himself. The false mystic, unfortunately, can delude both others and himself. Deception
— Dogen, How to Cook Your Life: From the Zen Kitchen to Enlightenment
— Henry Beston, The Outermost House: A Year of Life On The Great Beach of Cape Cod
— Ludwig Wittgenstein Austrian-British philosopher 1889 - 1951
— Eleanor Roosevelt American politician, diplomat, and activist, and First Lady of the United States 1884 - 1962
— Meister Eckhart German theologian 1260 - 1328
— Daniel Wallace, The Kings and Queens of Roam
— Robert E. Lee Confederate general in the Civil War 1807 - 1870
Context: The forbearing use of power does not only form a touchstone, but the manner in which an individual enjoys certain advantages over others is a test of a true gentleman.
The power which the strong have over the weak, the employer over the employed, the educated over the unlettered, the experienced over the confiding, even the clever over the silly — the forbearing or inoffensive use of all this power or authority, or a total abstinence from it when the case admits it, will show the gentleman in a plain light.
The gentleman does not needlessly and unnecessarily remind an offender of a wrong he may have committed against him. He cannot only forgive, he can forget; and he strives for that nobleness of self and mildness of character which imparts sufficient strength to let the past be but the past. A true man of honor feels humbled himself when he cannot help humbling others.
"Definition of a Gentleman" http://xroads.virginia.edu/~CAP/LEE/gentdef.html, a memorandum found in his papers after his death, as quoted in Lee the American (1912) by Gamaliel Bradford, p. 233
— David Lynch American filmmaker, television director, visual artist, musician and occasional actor 1946
— Thomas Berry American priest 1914 - 2009
Chapter 3, p. 39
— Vladimir Lenin Russian politician, led the October Revolution 1870 - 1924
— Anne Brontë, The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
Context: I am satisfied that if a book is a good one, it is so whatever the sex of the author may be. All novels are, or should be, written for both men and women to read, and I am at loss to conceive how a man should permit himself to write anything that would be really disgraceful to a woman, or why a woman should be censured for writing anything that would be proper and becoming for a man.
Preface, 2nd edition (22 July 1848)
— Dale Carnegie, How to Win Friends and Influence People
— Miguel Sousa Tavares Portuguese writer 1952
— Homér Ancient Greek epic poet, author of the Iliad and the Odyssey 750
— Pablo Picasso Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist, and stage designer 1881 - 1973
Quoted in: Ann Livermore (1988), Artists and Aesthetics in Spain. p. 154