wisdom

"و ميز كلامك قبل الكلام… فإن لكل كلام جوابفرب كلام يمص الحشى … و فيه من المزح ما يستطاب"

"I am so wise I had my mouth sewn shut."

"Never, never, never give in!"

"If you don't think you need to develop your personal brand, my advice for you comes in the wisdom of two road signs: STOP; DEAD END."

"Imagine others complexly."

"Don’t sacrifice yourself too much, because if you sacrifice too much there’s nothing else you can give and nobody will care for you."

"It’s never overreacting to ask for what you want and need."

"A visitor is a friend, he brings news, good or bad, which is bread to the hungry minds in lonely places. A real friend who comes to the house is a heavenly messenger, who brings the panis angelorum."

"My next breath may very well be in your lungs. Store it wisely, because my life depends on it."

"These violent delights have violent ends."

"After his experience with Minos, Nico realized that most spectres held only as much power as you allowed them to have. They pried into your mind, using fear or anger or longing to influence you. Nico had learned to shield himself. Sometimes he could even turn the tables and bend ghosts to his will."

"Never laugh at live dragons."

"People ought to fight to keep their law as to defend the citys walls."

"you can measure the size of a person by what makes him or her angry"

"All pain is the same."

"What matters in life is not what happens to you but what you remember and how you remember it."

"I can sell you wine and I can sell you flowers, but I can't sell you romance, because that comes from your heart, and it's free."

"She doesn’t want me to leave, and she doesn’t want me to stay. That’s a double helping of Doesn’t Want Me, and one big I’m Not Hungry back at her."

"A fool's paradise is a wise man's hell."

"Can you look without the voice in your head commenting, drawing conclusions, comparing, or trying to figure something out?"