Random Inspirational Quotes

"I am fundamentally an optimist. Whether that comes from nature or nurture, I cannot say. Part of being optimistic is keeping one's head pointed toward the sun, one's feet moving forward. There were many dark moments when my faith in humanity was sorely tested, but I would not and could not give myself up to despair. That way lays defeat and death."

"Stop just cheering for others who are living their visions. Commit yourself to your own success and follow the steps required to achieve it."

"If a cluttered desk is a sign of a cluttered mind, of what, then, is an empty desk a sign?"

"Read, read, read. That's all I can say."

"Comprehending and knowing better and deeper are the best guarantees we can have to attain ideas and criteria of our own; i.e. to stop depending on what other people say. In summary, to be freer to choose our own path in life."

"The only way you can write the truth is to assume that what you set down will never be read. Not by any other person, and not even by yourself at some later date. Otherwise you begin excusing yourself. You must see the writing as emerging like a long scroll of ink from the index finger of your right hand; you must see your left hand erasing it."

"Where there has been true science, art has always been its exponent."

"Weeping is not the same thing as crying. It takes your whole body to weep, and when it's over, you feel like you don't have any bones left to hold you up."

"Faith is like love: it does not let itself be forced."

"Sooner or later in life everyone discovers that perfect happiness is unrealizable, but there are few who stop to consider the antithesis; that perfect unhappiness is equally unattainable."

"Love is space and time measured by the heart."

"I would say that Emma Stone and Emma Watson are two very talented young actresses who are very intelligent and have a great sense of humor and have learned to balance what they love with their acting career, and I think that's really a great thing."

"She asked if I loved another woman, so I answered honestly and said, “Dinner was great, but I could go for dessert."

"Life seems to go on without effort when I am filled with music."

"We are all connected. When one arm or foot is poisoned, the whole body becomes infected."

"Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies."

"After listening and getting to know more about you. Also, feeling a deep connection between us that goes beyond physical attraction. I'm beginning to feel for, so much more than the friendship that I waited to grow with you. I'm not going to try and rush things. However, I don't want to wait until it's to late."

"To turn your dreams into reality, all your resources, efforts and concentration should be aligned in the same direction."

"To be poor, ugly and, moreover, intelligent condemns one in our society to a dark and disillusioned life...to beauty all is forgiven."

"If there is no laughter, Jesus has gone somewhere else. If there is no joy and freedom, it is not a church: it is simply a crowd of melancholy people basking in a religious neurosis. If there is no celebration, there is no real worship."