Things Are Not What They Seem Quotes

• The greatest wisdom is seeing through appearances.

  Atisa

  Buddhism, Appearance, Greatest Wisdom

  "Perspectives on Mankind's Search for Meaning". Book by Walter Taminang, p. 63, 2008.

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• Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.

  Albert Einstein

  Funny, Hilarious, Education

  Albert Einstein (2015). “Bite-Size Einstein: Quotations on Just About Everything from the Greatest Mind of the Twentieth Century”, p.32, St. Martin's Press

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• Nothing that you plan is going to work out. Everything is going to be totally different than the way you expected. And things will constantly challenge you. Wherever you look the world is not as solid it seems to be.

  Eckhart Tolle

  Inspirational, Loving Life, Hard Times

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• Names are not always what they seem.

  Mark Twain

  Names, Labyrinth, Criminal Mind

  Mark Twain (2012). “Mark Twain at Your Fingertips: A Book of Quotations”, p.317, Courier Corporation

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• Things are seldom what they seem.

  W. S. Gilbert

  Appearance, Seems

  H.M.S. Pinafore act 2 (1878)

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  What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight - it's the size of the fight in the dog.

  Dwight D. Eisenhower

  Inspirational, Life, Basketball

  Eisenhower, Dwight D. (1959). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1958”, p.135, Best Books on

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• Please remember: things are not what they seem.

  Haruki Murakami

  Remember, Please, Seems

  "1Q84: Books 1 & 2". Book by Haruki Murakami, May 29, 2009.

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• In short, not only are things not what they seem, they are not even what they are called!

  Francisco de Quevedo

  Seems

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• There is a theory which states that if ever anyone discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable.There is another theory which states that this has already happened.

  Douglas Adams

  Funny, Education, Humor

  The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy "Fit the Seventh" (radio program) (1978)

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• All is always well even when it seems unbelievably unwell.

  Adyashanti

  Wells, Seems

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• Also not being afraid to stand up for what you believe in while taking into account that you could very well be wrong, or maybe there's another way to look at it- that things are not what they seem to be, and that everything is subjective.

  Surya Das

  Believe, Looks, Way

  Source: theindiespiritualist.com

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• I am not young enough to know everything.

  James M. Barrie

  Book, Athlete, Knowledge

  The Admirable Crichton (performed 1902, pubd. 1914) act 1

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• Look! Don't be deceived by appearances - men and things are not what they seem. All who are not on the rock are in the sea!

  William Booth

  Men, Rocks, Sea

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• Things are not what they seem.

  A. S. Byatt

  Deceived, Seems

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• The only thing that has kept the race of men from the mad extremes of the convent and the pirate-galley, the night-club and the lethal chamber, has been mysticism - the belief that logic is misleading, and that things are not what they seem.

  Gilbert K. Chesterton

  Night, Men, Race

  "Tolstoy". Book by Gilbert K. Chesterton, 1903.

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• There is only one plot-things are not what they seem.

  Jim Thompson

  Writing, Plot, Seems

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• Quotes about Life Tell me not, in mournful numbers, Life is but an empty dream! For the soul is dead that slumbers, and things are not what they seem. Life is real! Life is earnest! And the grave is not its goal; Dust thou art; to dust returnest, Was not spoken of the soul.

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

  Life, Death, Dream

  "A Psalm of Life" st. 1 - 2 (1838)

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• You probably can't imagine there being a glory in your life, let alone one that the Enemy fears. But remember - things are not what they seem. We are not what we seem. You probably believed that your heart was bad too. I pray that fog of poison gas from the pit of hell is fading away in the wind of God's truth. And there is more. Not only does Christ say to you that your heart is good, he invites you now out of the shadows to unveil your glory. You have a role you never dreamed of having.

  John Eldredge

  Heart, Fog, Wind

  John Eldredge (2008). “Eldredge 3 in 1 - Sacred Romance , Waking the Dead, Desire”, p.256, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• Life is real! Life is earnest! And the grave is not its goal; Dust thou art, to dust returnest, Was not spoken of the soul.

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

  Life, Death, Art

  "A Psalm of Life" st. 1 - 2 (1838)

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• actions speak louder than words

  Becca Fitzpatrick

  Inspirational, Suicide, Wisdom

  Becca Fitzpatrick (2013). “The Complete Hush, Hush Saga: includes Hush, Hush; Crescendo; Silence and Finale”, p.659, Simon and Schuster

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• Tell me not, in mournful numbers,
  Life is but an empty dream!

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

  Life, Dream, Numbers

  "A Psalm of Life" st. 1 - 2 (1838)

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