"The humblest praise most, while cranks &..." - Quote by C S Lewis
The humblest praise most, while cranks & malcontents praise least. Praise almost seems to be inner health made audible
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“Am I to understand,' said Reepicheep to Lucy after a long stare at Eustace, 'That this singularly discourteous person is under your Majesty's protection? Because, if not--”
“Prosperity knits a man to the world. He feels that he is finding his place in it while really it is finding its place in him. His increasing reputation, his widening circle of acquaintances, his sense of importance, the growing pressure of absorbing and agreeable work build up in him a sense of being really at home on earth which is just what we want.”
“Before we can be cured we must want to be cured. Those who really wish for help will get it; but for many modern people even the wish is difficult.”
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“That's why the army sends all its future generals to what we call "charm school." As soon as you are a general, people think that you know everything. You think yourself that you have become omniscient and omnipotent. Be careful, because people want to do everything they can to please the general, and you need to guard against this.”
“To lead people, walk beside them ... As for the best leaders, the people do not notice their existence. The next best, the people honor and praise. The next, the people fear; and the next, the people hate ... When the best leader's work is done the people say, 'We did it ourselves!”
“A wise man has dignity without pride; a fool has pride without dignity.”
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“Some are made modest by great praise, others insolent.”
“The highest praise we can attribute to any writer, painter, sculptor, builder, is, that he actually possessed the thought or feeling with which he has inspired us.”
“Wise people prefer to benefit from constructive criticism rather than be ruined by false praise”