wisdom

"I believe that what we become depends on what our fathers teach us at odd moments, when they aren't trying to teach us. We are formed by little scraps of wisdom."

"Nowadays most people die of a sort of creeping common sense, and discover when it is too late that the only things one never regrets are one's mistakes."

"The slave is not afflicted with a punishment greater than the hardening of the heart and being distant from Allah. For the Fire was created to melt the hardened heart. The most distant heart from Allah is the heart which is hardened. If the heart becomes hardened, the eye becomes dry."

"I have come to the conclusion never again to think of marrying, and for this reason, I can never be satisfied with anyone who would be blockhead enough to have me."

"There is no such uncertainty as a sure thing."

"No,’ Nico said. ‘Getting a second life is one thing. Making it a better life, that’s the trick.’ As soon as he said it, Nico realized he could’ve been talking about himself. He decided not to bring that up."

"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."

"I don't trust men everybody likes. Being nice isn't the same as being good."

"Knowledge that is acquiredis not like this. Those who have it worry ifaudiences like it or not.It's a bait for popularity.Disputational knowing wants customers.It has no soul...The only real customer is God.Chew quietlyyour sweet sugarcane God-Love, and stayplayfully childish."

"Old words are reborn with new faces."

"I’d rather have 100% of 5 than 50% of 10—especially with love."

"You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection"

"A wise person does at once, what a fool does at last. Both do the same thing; only at different times."

"Ordinary people merely think how they shall 'spend' their time; a man of talent tries to 'use' it."

"And someone, somewhere, was having an even worse time of it than me. I tried to keep that in mind. No matter how crappy your life, someone will probably beat you in the my-life-is-crap category. Not that I don't let myself whine a little now and then, but sometimes it's good to keep your misery in perspective"

"When you come to see you are not as wise today as you thought you were yesterday, you are wiser today."

"Women may fall when there's no strength in men.Act II"

"The one thing I do remember is that as I retraced my steps through all the familiar streets of my life, Inow felt completely lost."

"A slinky is a toy made for stairs, but that’s entirely too tiresome. What about a toy for escalators that doesn’t move and does nothing and that’s the whole point? I think Americans would relate to and embrace that mentality."

"Wise men talk because they have something to say; Fools, because they have to say something."