wisdom

"Opportunity is not your opponent—it is your ally, but it’s hard to see that because opportunity is often camouflaged and hidden among danger and chaos."

"Veganism is not a "sacrifice."It is a joy."

"In examining disease, we gain wisdom about anatomy and physiology and biology. In examining the person with disease, we gain wisdom about life."

"Mirrors that hide nothing hurt me. But this is the hurt of purging and precious renewal - and these are the mirrors of dangerous grace."

"The small wisdom is like water in a glass:clear, transparent, pure.The great wisdom is like the water in the sea:dark, mysterious, impenetrable."

"Everyone's allowed to be in love with the wrong person at some point. In fact, it's a mistake not to be."

"When we are unhurried and wise, we perceive that only great and worthy things have any permanent and absolute existence, that petty fears and petty pleasures are but the shadow of the reality."

"You never know what is enough unless you know what is more than enough."

"Those who try to juggle wisdom, power and greed, drop one of the balls, every time.”—Zarost"

"Before the fruits of prosperity can come, the storms of life need to first bring the required rains of testing, which mixes with the seeds of wisdom to produce a mature harvest."

"Sometimes you weren't supposed to share pain. Sometimes it was best just to deal with it alone."

"If you rest, you rust."

"It is beautiful to express love and even more beautiful to feel it."

"In youth, it was a way I had,To do my best to please.And change, with every passing ladTo suit his theories.But now I know the things I knowAnd do the things I do,And if you do not like me so,To hell, my love, with you."

"...Nobody knows like a woman how to say things that are both sweet and profound. Sweetness and depth, this is all of woman; this is Heaven."

"Life moves very fast. It rushes from Heaven to Hell in a matter of seconds."

"Life doesn't make any sense, and we all pretend it does. Comedy's job is to point out that it doesn't make sense, and that it doesn't make much difference anyway."

"One of the most productive ways a government can spend money on the people is by building more prisons. That’s what makes the US so great. That’s what freedom is all about."

"Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor."

"To pursue wisdom is to live in such a way that one is prepared to face death when it comes. (247)"