"You never know what is enough unless you know what is more than enough."
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"Caminante, no hay puentes, se hace puentes al andar. (Voyager, there are no bridges, one builds them as one walks.)"
"Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens"
"The measure of intelligence is the ability to change."
"As if you could kill time without injuring eternity."
"May your feet ever walk in the light of two suns... and may the moonshadow never fall on you..."
"Lucy: You learn more when you lose Charlie Brown: Well then I must be the smartest person in world!!!"
"Jasnah had once defined a fool as a person who ignored information because it disagreed with desired results."
"To know a species, look at its fears. To know yourself, look at your fears. Fear in itself is not important, but fear stands there and points you in the direction of things that are important. Don't be afraid of your fears, they're not there to scare you; they're there to let you know that something is worth it."
"He who knows all the answers has not been asked all the questions."
"Escalators are the offspring of elevators and stairs. Love is the progeny of passion and admiration."
"I observe and remain silent."
"Expectations make people miserable, so whatever yours are, lower them. You'll definitely be happier."
"I suppose it’s not a social norm, and not a manly thing to do — to feel, discuss feelings. So that’s what I’m giving the finger to. Social norms and stuff…what good are social norms, really? I think all they do is project a limited and harmful image of people. It thus impedes a broader social acceptance of what someone, or a group of people, might actually be like."
"Nobody is wired wrong, because there’s no wrong and right in the way we are."
"We never realize just how many other lives we can help when their paths cross our own."
"Honesty is the first chapter of the book wisdom."
"Okay, this is the wisdom. First, time spent on reconnaissanse is never wasted. Second, almost anything can be improved with the addition of bacon. And finally, there is no problem on Earth that can't be ameliorated by a hot bath and a cup of tea."
"I think it's impossible to really understand somebody, what they want, what they believe, and not love them the way they love themselves."
"Bitter your acts, bitter am I,Kindness your deeds, kindness am I,Pleasant and gentle, so you are,Fine honeyed lips and sweet talker."