wisdom

"....it is of the very essence of Christianity to face suffering and death not because they are good, not because they have meaning, but because the resurrection of Jesus has robbed them of their meaning."

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

"Sure, it was your idea and your fly, but he caught the big fish. Remember, fairness is a human idea largely unknown in nature."

"Sometimes, if you stand on the bottom rail of a bridge and lean over to watch the river slipping slowly away beneath you, you will suddenly know everything there is to be known."

"The unexamined life is not worth living."

"Aw I don't wanta go to no such thing, I just wanta drink in alleys.'...But you'll miss all that, just for some old wine.'There's wisdom in wine, goddam it!' I yelled. 'Have a shot!"

"Never complain, never explain. Resist the temptation to defend yourself or make excuses."

"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."

"How can I be substantial if I do not cast a shadow? I must have a dark side also If I am to be whole"

"Caminante, no hay puentes, se hace puentes al andar. (Voyager, there are no bridges, one builds them as one walks.)"

"He who knows all the answers has not been asked all the questions."

"Love is the science of reducing your sound while upping the amplitude of another person."

"What is grand is necessarily obscure to weak men. That which can be made explicit to the idiot is not worth my care."

"A clear vision, backed by definite plans, gives you a tremendous feeling of confidence and personal power."

"Never forget what you are, for surely the world will not. Make it your strength. Then it can never be your weakness. Armour yourself in it, and it will never be used to hurt you."

"Wit seduces by signaling intelligence without nerdiness."

"In our reasonings concerning matter of fact, there are all imaginable degrees of assurance, from the highest certainty to the lowest species of moral evidence. A wise man, therefore, proportions his belief to the evidence."

"We all have scars, Mia; they are supposed to make you stronger, not paralyze you.” ~Cole"

"A man's face is his autobiography. A woman's face is her work of fiction."

"If you're not happy in life then you need to change, calibrate, readjust...flush your negative energy and fill it with positive energy; How do we do that you might ask? well I would start by making others happy, deseases are not the only thing that spreads easy. We are all connected in some form of unseen energy... think how those around you will impact you and make you feel if they were happy?"