|

|

Advertisements

John Knowles Quotes

The next major advance in the health of the American people will be determined by what the individual is willing to do for himself Picture Quote #1

It was demeaning to scrape affection from virtually everyone you encountered. That was immature Picture Quote #1

Nothing endures, not a tree, not love, not even a death by violence Picture Quote #1

Teenagers today are more free to be themselves and to accept themselves Picture Quote #1

The best teaching I ever experienced was at Exeter. Yale was a distinct letdown afterward Picture Quote #1

Nothing endures. Not a tree. Not love. Not even death by violence Picture Quote #1

Advertisements

We are all born equally far from the sun Picture Quote #1

Sarcasm... the protest of those who are weak Picture Quote #1

The scornful force of his tone turned the word into a curse Picture Quote #1

Everyone has a moment in history which belongs particularly to him Picture Quote #1

Everything has to evolve or else it perishes Picture Quote #1

There was no harm in taking aim, even if the target was a dream Picture Quote #1

Advertisements

So the more things stay the same, the more they change after all Picture Quote #1

What deceived me was my own happiness; for peace is indivisible, and the surrounding world confusion found no reflection inside me Picture Quote #1

... He's imagining himself justice incarnate, balancing the scales. He's forgotten that justice incarnate is not only balancing the scales but also blindfolded Picture Quote #1

Because, unfamiliar with the absence of fear and what that was like, I have not been able to identify its presence Picture Quote #1

I never killed anybody and I never developed an intense level of hatred for the enemy. Because my war ended before I ever put on a uniform; I was on active duty all my time at school; I killed my enemy there Picture Quote #1

Looking back, I think we were all quite mature, surprisingly responsible. In earlier wars, boys of our age had just gone off to raise hell or enlist or both, but we stayed dutifully at our desks doing tomorrow's homework Picture Quote #1

Advertisements

I did no know everything there was to know about myself, and knew that I did not know it Picture Quote #1

The summer of 1943 at Exeter was as happy a time as I ever had in my life Picture Quote #1

He possessed an extra vigor, a heightened confidence in himself, a serene capacity for affection which saved him. Nothing as he was growing up at home, nothing at Devon, nothing even about the war had broken his harmonious and natural unity. So at last I had Picture Quote #1

You had to be rude at least sometimes and edgy often to be credited with 'personality, ' and without that accolade no one at Devon could be anyone. No one, with the exception of course of Phineas Picture Quote #1

All of them, all except Phineas, constructed at infinite cost to themselves these Maginot Lines against this enemy they thought they saw across the frontier, this enemy who never attacked that way - if he ever attacked at all; if he was indeed the enemy Picture Quote #1

This was the tree, and it seemed to me standing there to resemble those men, the giants of your childhood, whom you encounter years later and find that they are not merely smaller in relation to your growth, but they are absolutely smaller, shrunken by age. In this double demotion the old giants have become pygmies while you were looking the other way Picture Quote #1

Advertisements

It was hard to remember in the heavy and sensual clarity of these mornings; I forgot whom I hated and who hated me. I wanted to break out crying from stabs of hopeless joy, or intolerable promise, or because these mornings were too full of beauty for me, because I knew of too much hate to be contained in a world like this Picture Quote #1

I did not stop to think that one wave is inevitably followed by another even larger and more powerful, when the tide is coming in Picture Quote #1

Looking back now across fifteen years I could see with great clarity the fear I had lived in, which must mean that in the interval I had succeeded in a very important undertaking: I must have made my escape from it Picture Quote #1

Is he using terror to keep away boredom? Does he have to try to destroy something? Even as a last resort, himself? Picture Quote #1

My father was in the coal business in West Virginia. Both dad and mother were, however, originally from Massachusetts; New England, to them, meant the place to go if you really wanted an education Picture Quote #1

There are simply more young people than there ever were. You get this feeling of strength. Also, large numbers can be a drawback, making it difficult to lose one's anonymity Picture Quote #1

1 2

Friendship Quotes

Motivational Quotes

Inspirational Quotes

Advertisements

Text Quotes

The next major advance in the health of the American people will be determined by what the individual is willing to do for himself. (John Knowles Quotes) It was demeaning to scrape affection from virtually everyone you encountered. That was immature (John Knowles Quotes) Nothing endures, not a tree, not love, not even a death by violence (John Knowles Quotes) Teenagers today are more free to be themselves and to accept themselves (John Knowles Quotes) The best teaching I ever experienced was at Exeter. Yale was a distinct letdown afterward (John Knowles Quotes) Nothing endures. Not a tree. Not love. Not even death by violence (John Knowles Quotes) We are all born equally far from the sun (John Knowles Quotes) Sarcasm... the protest of those who are weak (John Knowles Quotes) The scornful force of his tone turned the word into a curse (John Knowles Quotes) Everyone has a moment in history which belongs particularly to him (John Knowles Quotes) Everything has to evolve or else it perishes (John Knowles Quotes) There was no harm in taking aim, even if the target was a dream (John Knowles Quotes) So the more things stay the same, the more they change after all (John Knowles Quotes) What deceived me was my own happiness; for peace is indivisible, and the surrounding world confusion found no reflection inside me (John Knowles Quotes) ... He's imagining himself justice incarnate, balancing the scales. He's forgotten that justice incarnate is not only balancing the scales but also blindfolded (John Knowles Quotes) Because, unfamiliar with the absence of fear and what that was like, I have not been able to identify its presence (John Knowles Quotes) I never killed anybody and I never developed an intense level of hatred for the enemy. Because my war ended before I ever put on a uniform; I was on active duty all my time at school; I killed my enemy there (John Knowles Quotes) Looking back, I think we were all quite mature, surprisingly responsible. In earlier wars, boys of our age had just gone off to raise hell or enlist or both, but we stayed dutifully at our desks doing tomorrow's homework (John Knowles Quotes) I did no know everything there was to know about myself, and knew that I did not know it (John Knowles Quotes) The summer of 1943 at Exeter was as happy a time as I ever had in my life (John Knowles Quotes) He possessed an extra vigor, a heightened confidence in himself, a serene capacity for affection which saved him. Nothing as he was growing up at home, nothing at Devon, nothing even about the war had broken his harmonious and natural unity. So at last I had (John Knowles Quotes) You had to be rude at least sometimes and edgy often to be credited with 'personality, ' and without that accolade no one at Devon could be anyone. No one, with the exception of course of Phineas (John Knowles Quotes) All of them, all except Phineas, constructed at infinite cost to themselves these Maginot Lines against this enemy they thought they saw across the frontier, this enemy who never attacked that way - if he ever attacked at all; if he was indeed the enemy (John Knowles Quotes) This was the tree, and it seemed to me standing there to resemble those men, the giants of your childhood, whom you encounter years later and find that they are not merely smaller in relation to your growth, but they are absolutely smaller, shrunken by age. In this double demotion the old giants have become pygmies while you were looking the other way (John Knowles Quotes) It was hard to remember in the heavy and sensual clarity of these mornings; I forgot whom I hated and who hated me. I wanted to break out crying from stabs of hopeless joy, or intolerable promise, or because these mornings were too full of beauty for me, because I knew of too much hate to be contained in a world like this (John Knowles Quotes) I did not stop to think that one wave is inevitably followed by another even larger and more powerful, when the tide is coming in (John Knowles Quotes) Looking back now across fifteen years I could see with great clarity the fear I had lived in, which must mean that in the interval I had succeeded in a very important undertaking: I must have made my escape from it (John Knowles Quotes) Is he using terror to keep away boredom? Does he have to try to destroy something? Even as a last resort, himself? (John Knowles Quotes) My father was in the coal business in West Virginia. Both dad and mother were, however, originally from Massachusetts; New England, to them, meant the place to go if you really wanted an education (John Knowles Quotes) There are simply more young people than there ever were. You get this feeling of strength. Also, large numbers can be a drawback, making it difficult to lose one's anonymity (John Knowles Quotes)

1 2