Distinction Quotes

For nothing is more democratic than logic; it is no respecter of persons and makes no distinction between crooked and straight noses.

For those who need consolation - no means of consolation is so effective as the assertion that in their case no consolation is possible: it implies so great a degree of distinction that they at once hold up their heads again.

The distinction that lies in being unhappy (as if to feel happy were a sign of shallowness, lack of ambition, ordinariness) is so great that when someone says, "But how happy you must be!" we usually protest.

How much reverence has a noble man for his enemies!-and such reverence is a bridge to love. For he desires his enemy for himself, as his mark of distinction; he can endure no other enemy than one in whom there is nothing to despise and very much to honor!

To me, there has never been a higher source of earthly honor or distinction than that connected with advances in science.

A man does not have himself killed for a half pence a day or for a petty distinction. You must speak to the soul in order to electrify the man.

The object of presenting medals, stars, and ribbons is to give pride and pleasure to those who have deserved them. At the same time a distinction is something which everybody does not possess. If all have it it is of less value ... A medal glitters, but it also casts a shadow.

The moral sense perhaps affords the best and highest distinction between man and the lower animals.

In the sky, there is no distinction of east and west; people create distinctions out of their own minds and then believe them to be true.