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«Advancement only comes with habitually doing more than you are asked.»
«'How do you know so much about everything?' was asked of a very wise and intelligent man; and the answer was 'By never being afraid or ashamed to ask questions as to anything of which I was ignorant»
«All who call on God in true faith, earnestly from the heart, will certainly be heard, and will receive what they have asked and desired, although not in the hour or in the measure, or the very thing which they ask. Yet they will obtain something greater and more glorious than they had dared to ask.»
«I asked a Burmese why women, after centuries of following their men, now walk ahead. He said there were many unexploded land mines since the war.»
«If I were asked to give what I consider the single most useful bit of advice for all humanity it would be this: Expect trouble as an inevitable part of life and when it comes, hold you head high, look it squarely in eye and say, 'I will be bigger than you. You cannot defeat me.'»
«All who call on God in true faith, earnestly from the heart, will certainly be heard, and will receive what they have asked and desired.»
«It is only when you are asked to believe in Reason coming from non-reason that you must cry Halt. Human minds. They do not come from nowhere.»
«I'm not a teacher: only a fellow-traveller of whom you asked the way. I pointed ahead - ahead of myself as well as you.»
«If I asked for a cup of coffee, someone would search for the double meaning.»
«He must be very ignorant for he answers every question he is asked»
Author: Voltaire (Philosopher, Writer) | About: Ignorance | Keywords: answers, asked, ignorant, question