In truth, to know oneself seems to be the hardest of all things. Not only our eye, which observes external objects, does not use the sense of sight upon itself, but even our mind, which contemplates intently another's sin, is slow in the recognition of its own defects.
God makes the covenant, and observes it as He pleases.
The thought is not something that observes an inner event, but, rather it is this inner event itself. We do not reflect on something, but, rather, something thinks itself in us.
I hold that gentleman to be the best-dressed whose dress no one observes.
One of the troubles of the day, observes Mr. C. N. Peac, is that once we came upon the little red schoolhouse, whereas now we come upon the little-read school boy.
What is a philosophy? It Is an answer satisfactory to the reason to all the great problems of life. That is what is meant by philosophy. It must satisfy the reason, and it must show the unity underlying the endless diversity of the facts that science observes.
Once again, we come to the Holiday Season, a deeply religious time that each of us observes, in his own way, by going to the mall of his choice.
You cannot observe people through an ideology. Your ideology observes for you.
One can only see what one observes, and one observes only things which are already in the mind.
A German writer observes: "The noblest characters only show themselves in their real light. All others act comedy with their fellow-men even unto the grave.
When one confesses to an act, one ceases to be an actor in it and becomes its witness, becomes a man that observes and narrates it and no longer the man that performed it.
Everyone becomes brave when he observes one who despairs.
Since love of God is the highest felicity and happiness of man, his final end and the aim of all his actions, it follows that he alone observes the divine law who is concerned to love God not from fear of punishment nor love of something else, such as pleasure, fame, ect. , but from the single fact that he knows God, or that he knows that the knowledge and love of God is the highest good
Every time Europe looks across the Atlantic to see the American Eagle, it observes only the rear end of an ostrich.
The world is full of obvious things which nobody by any chance ever observes.
One who is mostly an observer thrives in good times but suffers in bad times because what he is observing is already vibrating, and as he observes it, he includes it in his vibrational countenance. As he includes it, the Universe accepts that as his point of attraction and gives him more of it. So the better it gets the better it gets. Or the worse it gets the worse it gets. While one who is a visionary thrives in all times
It is an actor's passion to observe the world. It is his art to become what he observes. And finally, it is his job to let the world observe him.
Nobody sees the obvious, nobody observes the ordinary. There are more miracles in a square yard of earth than in all the fables of the Church.
There are people who observe the rules of honor as one observes the stars, from a great distance.
A champion plays the game; a spectator observes, criticizes and never really gets to live. A champion knows what he or she wants and goes after it with carefully calculated goals and no-holds-barred action. A spectator feels that his or her life is not their own. They let others dictate their destiny. They become victims of life instead of masters of it.
