Random Inspirational Quotes

"I have been called arrogant myself in my time, and hope to earn the title again, but to claim that I am privy to the secrets of the universe and its creator - that's beyond my conceit."

"Sleep is death enjoyed."

"Failure is a greater teacher than success"

"There is no friend like an old friend who has shared our morning days, no greeting like his welcome, no homage like his praise."

"Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life."

"Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It's the transition that's troublesome."

"Big lots,' I said, seeing the eighty-year-old oaks and shady lawns. The houses were set way back and had iron fences and stone drives. The harder to hear your neighbors scream, my dear,' was David’s answer, and I sent my head up and down in agreement."

"I am not afraid of storms, for I am learning how to sail my ship."

"Shin: a device for finding furniture in the dark."

"What are a friend's books for if not to be borrowed?"

"If it were not for hopes, the heart would break."

"There's a fine line between genius and insanity. I have erased this line."

"It is a better world. A place where we ate responsible for our actions, where we can be kind to one another because we want to and becauseit is the right thing to do instead of being frightened into behaving by the threat of divine punishment."

"Time is the coin of your life. It is the only coin you have, and only you can determine how it will be spent. Be careful lest you let other people spend it for you."

"If you don’t write the book you have to write, everything breaks."

"If conversation was the lyrics, laughter was the music, making time spent together a melody that could be replayed over and over without getting stale."

"My heart is locked away in a cage surrounded by ribs. That’s to protect it, and to keep the world safe. It’s currently serving a life sentence."

"If you are not the hero of your own story, then you're missing the whole point of your humanity."

"Throughout the ages, Christians have adapted John of Patmos's visions to changing times, reading their own social, political and religious conflicts into the cosmic war he so powerfully evokes. Yet his Book of Revelation appeals not only to fear and desires for vengeance but also to hope."

"Nobody is driven by abstractions like 'seeking truth."