wisdom

"The sense of tragedy - according to Aristotle - comes, ironically enough, not from the protagonist's weak points but from his good qualities. Do you know what I'm getting at? People are drawn deeper into tragedy not by their defects but by their virtues....[But] we accept irony through a device called metaphor. And through that we grow and become deeper human beings."

"Forever is a really long time, you know? What do you do with forever?""The same thing you do when you don't have forever."He smiled wanly. "Live."

"How many people you bless is how you measure success"

"If you only had 48 hours left to live, would you spend it like you normally spend your weekends? If not, why spend 2/7th of your life wasting your free time? After all, free time isn’t free. Free time is the most expensive time you have, because nobody pays for it but you. But that also makes it the most valuable time you have, as you alone stand to reap the profits from spending it wisely."

"Perhaps the rare and simple pleasure of being seen for what one is compensates for the misery of being it."

"Whatever happens to your body, your soul will survive, untouched..."

"Anarchism is founded on the observation that since few men are wise enough to rule themselves, even fewer are wise enough to rule others."

"Without courage, wisdom bears no fruit."

"The revolution is not an apple that falls when ripe. You have to make it fall."

"Our ability to adapt is amazing. Our ability to change isn't quite as spectacular."

"Some people are like thorns. But you have to let them be thorns, because thorns can't turn into petals. The trick is not letting them prick you; never let a thorn prick you!"

"Relax. Just be. And be just."

"من لم يتحرر من الاكراه في صورتيه: اكراه الاخر والخضوع للاخر، لايستطيع فهم هذا الدين وتمثيله"

"The wisest are the most annoyed at the loss of time."

"It is only possible to live happily ever after on a daily basis."

"Even strength must bow to wisdom sometimes."

"If an apology is followed by an excuse or a reason, it means they are going to commit same mistake again they just apologized for."

"I’d rather have 100% of 5 than 50% of 10—especially with love."

"See, the ‘small stuff’ is what makes up the larger picture of our lives. Many people are like you, young man. But their perspective is distorted. They ignore ‘small stuff,’ claiming to have an eye on the bigger picture, never understanding that the bigger picture is composed of nothing more than-are you ready?- ‘small stuff’."

"All truly wise thoughts have been thought already thousands of times; but to make them truly ours, we must think them over again honestly, until they take root in our personal experience."