Random Inspirational Quotes

"Can't stand all these poisonous creatures, all these snakes and insects and fish and things. Wretched things, biting everybody. And then people expect me to tell them what to do about it. I'll tell them what to do. Don't get bitten in the first place. (quoting Dr. Struan Sutherland)"

"blindness is a private matter between a person and the eyes with which he or she was born."

"Of Equality--as if it harm'd me, giving others the same chances and rights as myself--as if it were not indispensable to my own rights that others possess the same."

"Rule Number Two, Monsignor. Do not show pity."

"The most important reason for going from one place to another is to see what's in between, and they took great pleasure in doing just that."

"Persistence If persistence is the foundation of all success, how come persistent liars and nags aren't more successful?"

"Extend your "best before"date by living a youthful life."

"Trivia are not knowledge. Lists of facts don't comprise knowledge. Analyzing, hypothesizing, concluding from data, sharing insights, those comprise knowledge. You can't google for knowledge."

"Friendship improves happiness and abates misery, by the doubling of our joy and the dividing of our grief."

"Like my grandpa, who dropped out of school to farm, I have a 4th grade education. Of course, I have a college degree, too. Both require the same reading level."

"People with a sense of humor tend to be less egocentric and more realistic in their view of the world and more humble in moments of success and less defeated in times of travail."

"To force oneself to believe and to accept a thing without understanding is political, and not spiritual or intellectual."

"Unconditional love really exists in each of us. It is part of our deep inner being. It is not so much an active emotion as a state of being. It's not 'I love you' for this or that reason, not 'I love you if you love me.' It's love for no reason, love without an object."

"stand often in the company of dreamers: they tickle your common sense & believe you can achieve things which are impossible."

"Even amongst fierce flames/ The golden lotus can be planted."

"The heart is the toughest part of the body. Tenderness is in the hands."

"I may not know you, but I don’t see any difference between you and me. I see myself in you; we are one."

"What were you thinking?"I demanded once we were moving to the music. I was trying to ignore his hands. "Do you know how much trouble you may have gotten me in?"Adrian grinned. "Nah. They all feel bad for you. You'll achieve martyrdom after dancing with a mean, wicked vampire. Job security with the Alchemists."

"We have been moving along at such a fast pace that we no longer know what we are doing. Now we have to wait until our soul catches up with us."

"Mathematics is the cheapest science. Unlike physics or chemistry, it does not require any expensive equipment. All one needs for mathematics is a pencil and paper."