Wise thoughts and quotes
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Words are easy, like the wind; Faithful friends are hard to find.
William Shakespeare
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What the superior man seeks is in himself; what the small man seeks is in others.
Confucius
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I refuse to answer that question on the grounds that I don't know the answer.
Douglas Adams
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Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.
Confucius
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Being entirely honest with oneself is a good exercise.
Sigmund Freud
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All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.
Leo Tolstoy
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Happiness consists in getting enough sleep. Just that, nothing more.
Robert A. Heinlein
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If you wish to be a success in the world, promise everything, deliver nothing.
Napoleon Bonaparte
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The deeper the feeling, the greater the pain.
Leonardo da Vinci
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Art is never finished, only abandoned.
Leonardo da Vinci
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Close friends are truly life's treasures. Sometimes they know us better than we know ourselves. With gentle honesty, they are there to guide and support us, to share our laughter and our tears. Their presence reminds us that we are never really alone.
Vincent Van Gogh
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Rivers, ponds, lakes and streams - they all have different names, but they all contain water. Just as religions do - they all contain truths.
Muhammad Ali
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And above all, watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you because the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places. Those who don't believe in magic will never find it.
Roald Dahl
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A good head and good heart are always a formidable combination. But when you add to that a literate tongue or pen, then you have something very special.
Nelson Mandela
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Liberty without Learning is always in peril and Learning without Liberty is always in vain.
John F. Kennedy
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Dance first. Think later. It's the natural order.
Samuel Beckett
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You know, you could live a thousand lifetimes and not deserve him.
Suzanne Collins
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Seven Deadly Sins:
Wealth without work;
Pleasure without conscience;
Science without humanity;
Knowledge without character;
Politics without principle;
Commerce without morality;
Worship without sacrifice.
Mahatma Gandhi
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It is impossible to exist without passion.
Søren Kierkegaard
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Like most misery, it started with apparent happiness.
Markus Zusak
