The sea does not reward those who are too anxious, too greedy, or too impatient. One should lie empty, open, choiceless as a beach - waiting for a gift from the sea.
Truth should be highly valued; if, as we were saying, a lie is useless to the gods, and useful only as a medicine to men, then the use of such medicines should be restricted to physicians; private individuals have no business with them.
Plato
If a fellow isn't thankful for what he's got, he isn't likely to be thankful for what he's going to get.
Frank A. Clark
It is the customary fate of new truths to begin as heresies and to end as superstitions.
Aldous Huxley
We find comfort among those who agree with us-growth among those who don't.
The reason there's so much ignorance is that those who have it are so eager to share it.
Kindness makes a fellow feel good whether it's being done to him or by him.
Everyone is trying to accomplish something big, not realizing that life is made up of little things.
to write is human, to edit is divine
Stephen King
There is one advantage to having nothing, it never needs repair.
The more you learn to live without, the more you'll have to live with.
If only we could have talked to you, the hive-queen said in Ender's words. But since it could not be, we ask only this: that you remember us, not as enemies, but as a tragic sisters, changed into fol shape by fate or God or evolution. If we had kissed, it would have been the miracle to make us human in each other's eyes. Instead we killed each other. But still we welcome you now as guestfriends. Come into our home, daughters of Earth; dwell in our tunnels, harvest our fields; what we cannot do, you are now our hands to do for us. Blossom, trees;ripen, fields; be warm for them, suns; be fertile for them, planets:they are our adopted daughters, and they have come home.
Orson Scott Card
Modern man is frantically trying to earn enough to buy things he's too busy to enjoy.
The memory of my own suffering has prevented me from ever shadowing one young soul with the superstition of the Christian religion.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Many folks think they aren't good at earning money, when what they don't know is how to use it.
How strange is the lot of us mortals Each of us is here for a brief sojourn for what purpose he knows not, though he senses it. But without deeper reflection one knows from daily life that one exists for other people.
Albert Einstein
Lay this unto your breast: Old friends, like old swords, still are trusted best.
John Webster
The most important thing that parents can teach their children is how to get along without them.
All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them.
Walt Disney
A tragic situation exists precisely when virtue does not triumph but when it is still felt that man is nobler than the forces which destroy him.
George Orwell
A child, like your stomach, doesn't need all you can afford to give it.
A baby is born with a need to be loved and never outgrows it.
Now suddenly there was nothing but a world of cloud, and we three were there alone in the middle of a great white plain with snowy hills and mountains staring at us and it was very still but there were whispers.
Black Elk
Most smiles are started by another smile.
Some people will never learn anything, for this reason, because they understand everything too soon.
Alexander Pope
A man's conscience, like a warning line on the highway, tells him what he shouldn't do -- but it does not keep him from doing it.
We perceive when love begins and when it declines by our embarrassment when alone together.
Jean de la Bruyere
Friends... they cherish one another's hopes. They are kind to one another's dreams.
Henry David Thoreau
If you wish to travel far and fast, travel light. Take off all your envies, jealousies, unforgiveness, selfishness and fears.
Glenn Clark
It has to be able to play at the maximum expression and communication in every style, and the only way you can do that is - like Verdi said - working with a file, every day, little by little, until the orchestra's collective qualities emerge.
James Levine
The time has come to harness the blessed power within us and to use it to transcend from our current existence into a more empowered reality.
Steve Maraboli
Self-respect permeates every aspect of your life.
Joe Clark
I'm a pretty big dork. It's crazy. I'm one of those people who grew up with all kinds of musicals, but I was right at that age where 'Rent' was a big deal for me and for my friends.
Anna Kendrick
Life is change. Growth is optional. Choose wisely.
Karen Kaiser Clark
My idea of the ideal sex education site doesn't exist.
Susie Bright
Opera, next to Gothic architecture, is one of the strangest inventions of Western man. It could not have been foreseen by any logical process.
Kenneth Clark
You know, when I was a kid waiting on the bus, I remember that was when I imagined my life. I imagined everything that I was gonna be when I grew up and I imagined all of these amazing journeys and amazing people I'd meet. Of course, all of it has kind of come to fruition.
Glen Hansard
People sometimes tell me that they prefer barbarism to civilization. I doubt if they have given it a long enough trial. Like the people of Alexandria, they are bored by civilization; but all the evidence suggests that the boredom of barbarism is infinitely greater.
You can't put a price tag on love, but you can on all its accessories.
Melanie Clark
I believe in the equality of man and I believe that religious duties consist in doing justice, loving mercy, and endeavoring to make our fellow-creatures happy.
Thomas Paine
The measure of your quality as a public person, as a citizen, is the gap between what you do and what you say.
Ramsey Clark
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