"All that we are is the result of what we have thought: it is founded on our thoughts and made up of our thoughts. If a man speak or act with an evil thought, suffering follows him as the wheel follows the hoof of the beast that draws the wagon.... If a man speak or act with a good thought, happiness follows him like a shadow that never leaves him."
Random Inspirational Quotes
Discover wisdom and motivation from the world's greatest minds. Each visit brings you fresh, random quotes from different authors to inspire your day.
"There is no excuse for anyone to write fiction for public consumption unless he has been called to do so by the presence of a gift. It is the nature of fiction not to be good for much unless it is good in itself."
"Hope and faith underlie a promise,and love energizes men to realize it."
"When I'm out of politics I'm going to run a business, it'll be called rent-a-spine"
"I type on my keyboard like I’m Beethoven on the piano. My words may be silent in the air, but they ring as music in my mind while I write."
"... just as food is necessary to the life of the body, so good reading is necessary to the life of the soul."
"Someone has to die in order that the rest of us should value life more."
"Always be a first rate version of yourself and not a second rate version of someone else."
"The pure present is an ungraspable advance of the past devouring the future. In truth, all sensation is already memory."
"ای آمده از عالم روحانی تفتحیران شده در چهار و پنج و شش و هفتمی خور چو ندانی ز کجا آمده ایخوش باش ندانی به کجا خواهی رفت"
"My desire and wish is that the things I start with should be so obvious that you wonder why I spend my time stating them. This is what I aim at because the point of philosophy is to start with something so simple as not to seem worth stating, and to end with something so paradoxical that no one will believe it."
"You are stronger than you know."
"Me and her, we’re both hiding who we really are. This is a common practice. It’s called dating."
"Every word a woman writes changes the story of the world, revises the official version."
"What I know about auto racing could be inscribed with a dry Magic Marker on the lip of a Coke bottle."
"To be ignorant is to waste the talents you were born with. To be ignorant is to confine your life to a path no different than the generations before you"
"You do not immortalize the lost by writing about them. Language buries, but does not resurrect."
"Be a vessel of forgiveness and kindness in order to be a fountain of peace."
"You smell good, too,” said PatchIt’s called a shower.” I was staring straight ahead. When he didn’t answer, I turned sideways. “Soap. Shampoo. Hot water.”Naked. I know the drill."
"That's what you want to do? Then nothing beats a trial but a failure. Give it everything you've got. I've told you many times, 'Cant do is like Dont Care.' Neither of them have a home."
Explore More
Discover quotes by authors, categories, and topics that inspire you.