"The boulder is the truth that the great men know by instinct, and the mountain is the stupidity of mankind."

Greatness, Truth, Ignorance, Wisdom

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"The boulder is the truth that the great men know by instinct, and the mountain is the stupidity of mankind."

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"I cannot create greatness as I can only create weak facsimiles. And in sorting through the innumerable facsimiles around me, I will only happen upon true greatness when I happen upon the true God."

Craig D. Lounsbrough, American Author

Greatness, Truth, Faith, Wisdom

"The measure of greatness is in humility, simplicity, and in kindness."

Debasish Mridha, American Author

Greatness, Humility, Simplicity, Kindness

"If we can but tear the blindfold of self-deception from our eyes and loosen the gag of self-denial from our voices, we can restore our country to greatness."

Theodore C. Sorensen, American Lawyer

Greatness, Country, Eyes, Self

"Be warned in time, James, and remain, as I do, incomprehensible: to be great is to be misunderstood."

Oscar Wilde, Irish Dramatist

Greatness, Warning, Time, Advice

"Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them."

William Shakespeare, English Dramatist

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"It is not the greatness of a man's means that makes him independent, so much as the smallness of his wants."

William Cobbett, English Politician

Greatness, Man

"It is incumbent upon us to understand our greatness and believe in it so that we do not cheapen and profane ourselves."

Meir Kahane, American Clergyman

Greatness,

"Great people only think of great things."

Abdulazeez Henry Musa, Nigerian Author

Greatness, Vision, Focus, Inspirational

"Best way to achieve greatness is to serve others with great love."

Debasish Mridha, American Author

Greatness, Serve, Love, Help

"I want things to be the best they can be. I want greatness."

Demi Moore, American Actress

Greatness, Want

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"Literature is analysis after the event."

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"Remember that the book which bores you when you are twenty or thirty will open doors for you when you are forty or fifty."

Reading

"Or like an old friend one has known too well and doesn't want to see."

Friendship

"It is terrible to destroy a person's picture of himself in the interests of truth or some other abstraction."

Truth

"Pleasure resorts are like film stars and royalty... embarrassed by the figures they cut in the fantasies of people who have never met them."

People

"There was a certain struggling fury that went with being jobless, and persevering, and being turned down, that was different from simply being jobless."

Career

"What's terrible is to pretend that second-rate is first-rate. To pretend that you don't need love when you do; or you like your work when you know quite well you're capable of better."

Love

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"I cannot create greatness as I can only create weak facsimiles. And in sorting through the innumerable facsimiles around me, I will only happen upon true greatness when I happen upon the true God."

"The measure of greatness is in humility, simplicity, and in kindness."

"If we can but tear the blindfold of self-deception from our eyes and loosen the gag of self-denial from our voices, we can restore our country to greatness."

"Be warned in time, James, and remain, as I do, incomprehensible: to be great is to be misunderstood."

"Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them."

"It is not the greatness of a man's means that makes him independent, so much as the smallness of his wants."

"It is incumbent upon us to understand our greatness and believe in it so that we do not cheapen and profane ourselves."

"Great people only think of great things."

"Best way to achieve greatness is to serve others with great love."

"I want things to be the best they can be. I want greatness."

Explore more quotes by Doris Lessing

"Literature is analysis after the event."

"Remember that the book which bores you when you are twenty or thirty will open doors for you when you are forty or fifty."

"Or like an old friend one has known too well and doesn't want to see."

"It is terrible to destroy a person's picture of himself in the interests of truth or some other abstraction."

"Pleasure resorts are like film stars and royalty... embarrassed by the figures they cut in the fantasies of people who have never met them."

"We use our parents like recurring dreams, to be entered into when needed."

"Space or science fiction has become a dialect for our time."

"A simple grateful thought turned heavenwards is the most perfect prayer."

"There was a certain struggling fury that went with being jobless, and persevering, and being turned down, that was different from simply being jobless."

"What's terrible is to pretend that second-rate is first-rate. To pretend that you don't need love when you do; or you like your work when you know quite well you're capable of better."