Quotes About Subtlety

A well-chosen tie could make me almost merry; a good book, an excursion in a motor car or an hour with a woman left me fully satisfied. It particularly pleased me to ensure that this way of life, like a faultlessly correct suit of English tailoring, did not make me conspicuous in any way. I believe I was considered pleasant company, I was popular and welcome in society, and most who knew me called me a happy man.

Was bedeutet Kultur anderes, als der groben Materie des Lebens ihr Feinstes, ihr Zartestes, ihr Subtilstes durch Kunst und Liebe zu entschmeicheln?

Courtiers of all ages feel one great need: to speak in such a way that they do not say anything.

He who is not sage and wise, humane and just, cannot use secret agent.s. And he who is not delicate and subtle cannot get the truth out of them.

Do the truth quietly without display.

Truth is often terribly thin, don't you think?

The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting. —Sun-tzu

The difference between being very smart and very foolish is often very small.

It is ironic that I saved both myself and those I cared for by recalling, at the crucial moment, my identity as an ordinary mortal. There are subtle dangers to the role of hero. I am glad I no longer have to consider them.

Words are tricky things, a friend of his has told him, they're much more tricky than violins.

iubirea e atat de mica incat poate sa se strecoare prin ochiul unui ac.

That's the best way to feed the human mind. That's how Bob Marley did it. He never put it in your face. After you got the groove, you were just singing the hooks, because you thought it was cool.

I've definitely been in situations where I could tell someone was interested in me, but I could tell they were insulting me in some passive/aggressive way, so I felt bad about myself at the same time.

There is a difference between a book of two hundred pages from the very beginning, and a book of two hundred pages which is the result of an original eight hundred pages. The six hundred are there. Only you don't see them.

To know how to hide one's ability is great skill.

Whats not to love is hardly a reason to love. And the catch of your life is not the same thing as the love of your life. Be careful of that subtle but rather crucial distinction.

Love stories that are too simple don't deserve to have films made about them.

I love those films where I feel the director's confidence - where he doesn't need to overdo it with the shots and the cuts.

I love Tokio Hotel and their music, their makeup, their hairstyles and their subtlety.

Se lo interrogavano, rispondeva a monosillabi e cercava di non sbilanciarsi. Su Deneb questa gli sarebbe sembrata una ipocrisia, ma sulla Terra si chiamava essere diplomatici.

I cannot open a flower with a sledgehammer—

Who was it that said a magician needs the subtlety of a Jesuit, the daring of a soldier and the wits of a thief? I believe it was meant for a insult, but it has some truth in it.

But though he had no striking vices, his virtues were perhaps almost as hard to define.

Subtle are the ways of dharma. One cannot realize God if one has even the least trace of desire. A thread cannot pass through the eye of a needle if it has the smallest fibre sticking out.