wisdom

"We don't receive wisdom; we must discover it for ourselves after a journey that no one can take for us or spare us."

"If love goes too far, it turns into cruelty."

"It takes too much energy to be against something unless it's really important."

"Disciplining yourself to do what you know is right and importance, although difficult, is the highroad to pride, self-esteem, and personal satisfaction."

"Water is the softest thing, yet it can penetrate mountains and earth. This shows clearly the principle ofsoftness overcoming hardness."

"Learned we may be with another man's learning: we can only be wise with wisdom of our own."

"Never laugh at live dragons."

"If you rest, you rust."

"I always cheer up immensely if an attack is particularly wounding because I think, well, if they attack one personally, it means they have not a single political argument left."

"Reading makes you ready for the world. A man who doesn’t read is a man who is easily deceived. You must find that man and make him sign a contract, and you must do it before Satan does. Trust me, the profits are HUGE!"

"Maybe you could be mine / or maybe we’ll be entwined / aimless in this sexless foreplay."

"The image isn't reality. Even though we're used to thinking that way alot of the time. We show a kid a picture of a dog and say 'This is a doggie' - but it's not. It's just an image."

"Only a female could be as calculating and have the foresight that destiny requires,' the gypsy explained. 'Now fate is a man,' he went on, 'no planning, just go with the flow and see what tomorrow brings."

"There comes a point when you either embrace who and what you are, or condemn yourself to be miserable all your days. Other people will try to make you miserable; don't help them by doing the job yourself."

"Recognizing power in another does not diminish your own."

"Love will wreck your heart like a derailed train. So choo-choose your partner wisely."

"Wisdom. . .is knowing what you have to accept."

"Time flows away like the water in the river."

"Worry never robs tomorrow of its sorrow, but only saps today of its strength."

"No man is poor who has a Godly mother."