Reading is reading - no matter what the material.
-- Giovanna Fletcher, Billy and Me
Time is an illusion. Lunchtime doubly so.
-- Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
And this have I found, that man was made upright; but they have sought out many inventions.
-- Compton Gage, A Dose Of Love: Simple words of wisdom for creating more love and less fear in your relationships.
我非常討厭訓練,但我告訴自己「堅持下去,忍耐這一時半刻,在往後的人生中當個冠軍。」
I hated every minute of training, but I said, 'Don't quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.'
-- 穆罕默德·阿里,美國知名拳擊手
She got on with her education. In her opinion, school kept on trying to interfere with it.
-- Terry Pratchett, Soul Music
You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection
-- Sharon Salzberg, Great Expectations
Sometimes we must gravitate towards madness before we can levitate on greatness.
-- Curtis Tyrone Jones, Living Peace
The fox knows many things, but the hedgehog knows one big thing.
-- Isaiah Berlin, Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem
Se abusa del poder porque albergamos deseos feos, herencia de los animales.
-- Osho, El libro del ego
No amount of regretting can change the past, and no amount of worrying can change the future.
-- Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart
I need the thing that happens when your brain shuts off and your heart turns on.
-- Elizabeth Wurtzel, Prozac Nation
Don’t overact the story of your name. Overact the story of your work.
-- Karl Lagerfeld, Pearls of Wisdom: Great mind
別只是等待機會的到來。抓住那些不起眼的瞬間,然後努力讓他們成為偉大的時刻。
Don't wait for extraordinary opportunities. Seize common occasions and make them great.
-- 奧里森.馬登,美國新思想運動作家
Good things happen in your life when you surround yourself with positive people.
It is sometimes an appropriate response to reality to go insane.
-- Philip K. Dick, VALIS
It’s never overreacting to ask for what you want and need.
-- Amy Poehler, Words of Radiance
There are only a few notes. Just variations on a theme.
-- John Lennon, This Is Gonna Hurt: Music, Photography, And Life Through The Distorted Lens Of Nikki Sixx
Vengeful conquerors burn books as if the enemy's souls reside there, too.
-- James Gleick, The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood
即使你在正確的航道上,假如只是坐在那裡,終將被其他人越過。
Even if you’re on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there.
-- 威爾.羅傑,喜劇演員
Life stand still here.
-- Virginia Woolf, Mrs. Dalloway