wisdom

"Employ your time in improving yourself by other men's writings so that you shall come easily by what others have labored hard for."

"Just because you're in a situation, doesn't mean you have to be that situation. You're not the situation you're in!"

"Wise men, when in doubt whether to speak or to keep quiet, give themselves the benefit of the doubt, and remain silent."

"It is not what he has, nor even what he does, which directly expresses the worth of a man, but what he is."

"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."

"What good is power when you're too wise to use it?"

"It is because of its emptiness that the cup is useful."

"I think eulogies are wasted on the dead. It’s the living who need to hear kind words spoken about them."

"Nico knew something about ghosts. Letting them get inside your head was dangerous. He wanted to help Reyna, but since his own strategy was to deal with his problems alone, spurning anyone who tried to get close, he couldn’t exactly criticize Reyna for doing the same thing."

"Mama used to say, you have to know someone a thousand days before you can glimpse her soul."

"Everybody gets so much information all day long that they lose their common sense."

"Those sweet lips. My, oh my, I could kiss those lips all night long.Good things come to those who wait."

"Bitter your acts, bitter am I,Kindness your deeds, kindness am I,Pleasant and gentle, so you are,Fine honeyed lips and sweet talker."

"He who binds to himself a joyDoes the winged life destroy;But he who kisses the joy as it fliesLives in eternity's sun rise."

"If we encounter a man of rare intellect, we should ask him what books he reads."

"Wisdom is knowing I am nothing,Love is knowing I am everything,and between the two my life moves."

"من لم يتحرر من الاكراه في صورتيه: اكراه الاخر والخضوع للاخر، لايستطيع فهم هذا الدين وتمثيله"

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

"Anything that you learn becomes your wealth, a wealth that cannot be taken away from you; whether you learn it in a building called school or in the school of life. To learn something new is a timeless pleasure and a valuable treasure. And not all things that you learn are taught to you, but many things that you learn you realize you have taught yourself."

"The stupid neither forgive nor forget; the naive forgive and forget; the wise forgive but do not forget."