A willing spirit, diligently perform the sacred duty.

-- Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls of Wisdom: Great mind

She disliked me. But she worshipped my brother. He didn't see her, not really. Not like I did.

-- Penny Reid, Truth or Beard

You should try to avoid using the words "should" and "try".

-- Swami Pranayomama, How To Not Give A F-ck In Ten Easy Steps: The Modern Lay Person's Guide To Enlightenment

黑暗無法驅走黑暗，只有光可以；仇恨無法消除仇恨，只有愛能做到。

Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.

-- 馬丁路德．金恩，美國民權運動領袖

if you feel happy, Smile with all your heart. if you're down, smile with all your might.

-- Paul Ian Guillermo, The Half Upon a Time Trilogy: Half Upon a Time; Twice Upon a Time; Once Upon the End

To read is to renew thy mind.

-- Lailah Gifty Akita, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark

Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.

-- George Bernard Shaw, I Am the Messenger

Rule number one: Don't fuck with librarians.

-- Neil Gaiman, Dash & Lily's Book of Dares

Quote words that affirm all men and women are your brothers and sisters.

-- Aberjhani, The River of Winged Dreams

越博學的人，往往是越謙虛的。

The more a man knows, the more he is inclined to be modest.

-- 亨利·菲爾丁，英國小說家

We awaken by asking the right questions.

-- Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem

I was his exception, and as much as I had tried to fight my feelings, he was mine.

-- Jamie McGuire, Beautiful Disaster

Reality is wrong. Dreams are for the real.

-- Tupac Shakur, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

Only in the darkness can you see the stars.

-- Martin Luther King Jr., Kafka on the Shore

You make mistakes, mistakes don't make you

-- Maxwell Maltz, The Double Comfort Safari Club

Tell the truth, or someone will tell it for you.

-- Stephanie Klein, Straight Up and Dirty

Intelligence and education that hasn't been tempered by human affection isn't worth a damn.

-- Daniel Keyes, The Mis-Education of the Negro

Failures are the stairs we climb to reach success.

-- Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart

I feel sorry for people who say they cannot read big books.

-- Anonymous, Black Like Me

A life isn't measured in hours and minutes. It's the quality, not the length.

-- Gabrielle Zevin, Elsewhere