Famous Quotes
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"The truth is I didn’t need therapy"
"The reward of a thing well done is having done it."
"Adversity introduces a man to himself."
"It is when things are at worst you will get the best."
"Again and again I will suffer"
"How strange is man that when he is afraid of something he runs away from it, but when he is afraid of Allah, he gets closer to Him."
"You learn to write by writing, and by reading and thinking about how writers have created their characters and invented their stories. If you are not a reader, don't even think about being a writer."
"What is grander than a country and more valuable than gold? Strength of heart."
"Keep me up till five because all your stars are out, and for no other reason…Oh dare to do it Buddy! Trust your heart. You’re a deserving craftsman. It would never betray you. Good night. I’m feeling very much over-excited now, and a little dramatic, but I think I’d give almost anything on earth to see you writing a something, an anything, a poem, a tree, that was really and truly after your own heart."
"Fear not the path of Truth for the lack of People walking on it."
"To read is to empower,To empower is to write,To write is to influence,To influence is to change,To change is to live"."
"You can't go home again"
"The difference we wanna make is number one to let these kids know that they’re not alone, that they’re actually not that messed up and that they can do whatever they want; they can express themselves however they want, without being persecuted or called a faggot or some kind of racist thing. You know, really just to get people to get over their stuff so they can live."
"If we tend to the things that are important in life, if we are right with those we love, and behave in line with our faith, our lives will not be cursed with the aching throb of unfulfilled business. Our words will always be sincere, our embraces will be tight. We will never wallow in the agony of ‘I could have, I should have’. We can sleep in a storm. And when its time, our goodbyes will be complete."
"You are not here merely to make a living. You are here in order to enable the world to live more amply, with greater vision, with a finer spirit of hope and achievement. You are here to enrich the world, and you impoverish yourself if you forget the errand."
"The motive behind criticism often determines its validity. Those who care criticize where necessary. Those who envy criticize the moment they think that they have found a weak spot."
"That's a misconception, Lennie. The sky is everywhere, it begins at your feet."
"You don't need anybody to tell you who you are or what you are. You are what you are!"
"The most basic and powerful way to connect to another person is to listen. Just listen. Perhaps the most important thing we ever give each other is our attention…. A loving silence often has far more power to heal and to connect than the most well-intentioned words."
"Hearts can't be broken because they're made of marzipan."
"We have all forgotten what we really are. All that we call common sense and rationality and practicality and positivism only means that for certain dead levels of our life we forget that we have forgotten. All that we call spirit and art and ecstasy only means that for one awful instant we remember that we forget."
"I feel infinite."