wisdom

"While it is true that most people never see or understand the difference they make, or sometimes only imagine their actions having a tiny effect, every single action a person takes has far-reaching consequences."

"Take it moment by moment, and you will find that we are all, as I’ve said before, bugs in amber."

"Reading a book is like having the ability to dip a straw into the author’s soul and sip and slurp without lowering the water table of wisdom."

"When I think of talking, it is of course with a woman. For talking at its best being an inspiration, it wants a corresponding divine quality of receptiveness, and where will you find this but in a woman?"

"Yes, the brutalities of progress are called revolutions. When they are over, this is recognised: that the human race has been harshly treated, but that it has advanced."

"The way I define happiness is being the creator of your experience, choosing to take pleasure in what you have, right now, regardless of the circumstances, while being the best you that you can be."

"How prone to doubt, how cautious are the wise!"

"Life is boring. People are vengeful. Good things always end. We do so many things and we don’t know why, and if we do find out why, it’s decades later and knowing why doesn’t matter any more."

"It is strange how often a heart must be broken Before the years can make it wise."

"Humans will never be in charge of this world, as long as dust and weeds do as they please."

"I've learned .... That opportunities are never lost; someone will take the ones you miss."

"I finally know the difference between pleasing and loving, obeying and respecting. It has taken me so many years to be okay with being different, and with being this alive, this intense. (xxvi)"

"Since living is believing, no one can be completely lacking in faith."

"Learning isn't acquiring knowledge so much as it is trimming information that has already been acquired."

"Your personal brand should be like water: not only clear, but transparent to the public. People thirst for that, and they will drink you up."

"I felt like an animal, and animals don’t know sin, do they?"

"If you're reading this...Congratulations, you're alive.If that's not something to smile about,then I don't know what is."

"A craftsman pulled a reed from the reedbed,cut holes in it, and called it a human being.Since then, it's been wailing a tender agonyof parting, never mentioning the skillthat gave it life as a flute"

"The life you have left is a gift. Cherish it. Enjoy it now, to the fullest. Do what matters, now."

"Our wisdom comes from our experience,and our experience comes from our foolishness."