Human unhappiness is evidence of our immortality.
-- Richard Rodríguez, Days of Obligation: An Argument With My Mexican Father
A revolutionary who is out to defeat his enemies could use their weapons, but not their rules.
-- Janvier Chouteu-Chando, Disciples of Fortune
Knight's disdain for Thoreau was bottomless - 'he had no deep insight into nature'...
-- Michael Finkel, The Stranger in the Woods: The Extraordinary Story of the Last True Hermit
People speak crap if they speak more than they've read.
-- Alin Sav, The Leadership Gap: What Gets Between You and Your Greatness
God is invisible for ignorants.
-- Alin Sav, Care of the Soul: A Guide for Cultivating Depth and Sacredness in Everyday Life
Change course, but don’t give up.
-- Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart
Find the will power and begin to chase your dreams.
-- Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!
Failures are the stairs we climb to reach success.
A woman could be as beautiful as she felt herself to be.
-- Laura Lee Guhrke, Guilty Pleasures
God is whispering in your heart, in the whole existence, just tune your ears.
-- Amit Ray, Meditation: Insights and Inspirations
Books have a way of finding their way into our lives, usually, right when we need them the most.
-- Richard P. Denney, The Druid of Shannara
Wir können uns von Shakespeare unterscheiden, durch Fehler.
-- Peter Hacks, My Name Is Will: A Novel of Sex, Drugs, and Shakespeare
I think it is all a matter of love; the more you love a memory the stronger and stranger it becomes
-- Vladimir Nabokov, Kill Me Softly
Autobiography begins with a sense of being alone. It is an orphan form.
-- John Berger, Life As We Knew It
差勁的領導者將受人們唾棄;好的領導者將受人們讚揚;最棒的領導者讓人們說出:「我們自己做到了。」
The bad leader is he who the people despise; the good leader is he who the people praise; the great leader is he who the people say, 'We did it ourselves”.
-- 彼得.聖吉,《第五項修練》作者
When someone loves you, the way they talk about you is different. You feel safe and comfortable.
-- Jess C. Scott, The Intern
I did then what I knew how to do. Now that I know better, I do better.
-- Maya Angelou, Eat, Pray, Love
I decide a book is bad if I get angrier and angrier as I read it.
-- Daniel T. O'Hara, The Last Dickens
School prepares you for the real world... which also bites.
-- Jim Benton, The Weight of Glory
人生的目的不在於尋找自己,而在於創造自己。
Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.
-- 蕭伯納,愛爾蘭劇作家