There are three things against which the wise man guards: lust when young, quarrels when strong, and covetousness when old. — Confucius Copy Share Image
A calm despair, without angry convulsions or reproaches directed at heaven, is the essence of wisdom. — Alfred de Vigny Copy Share Image
The future lies with those wise political leaders who realize that the great public is interested more in Government than in politics.… — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
A little while alone in your room will prove more valuable than anything else that could ever be given you. — Rumi Copy Share Image
After having read a lot of fiction, literature, whatever you want to call it, from Wolfe to Houellebecq, I think you have… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
“If we're lucky, we find the one person who will hold our trust and keep it sacred and safe against all attackers.… — Sherrilyn Kenyon Copy Share Image
Not being understood may be taken as a sign that there is much in one to understand. — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
Wisdom is a living stream, not an icon to be preserved in a museum. Only when a practitioner finds the spring of… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
Nordenson describes wrestling with work as with a large force that wants to have its way with you, even as you want… — Luci Shaw Copy Share Image
How many voices have escaped you until now, the venting furnace, the floorboards underfoot, the steady accusations of the clock numbering the… — Dana Gioia Copy Share Image
The question is: Are you going in the right direction? not How far along am I? — Swami Premodaya Copy Share Image
“Some enemies are not worthy of being forgiven, even if they are forgiven a million times.” — Fahad Basheer Copy Share Image
Learned we may be with another man's learning: we can only be wise with wisdom of our own. — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
“Creator, grant that we may salute in the flowers Thy wisdom, Thy goodness. Thine omnipotence.” — St. John of Kronstadt Copy Share Image
Ideally a painter (and, generally, an artist) should not become conscious of his insights: without taking the detour through his reflective processes,… — Rainer Maria Rilke Copy Share Image
Poetry too is a little incarnation, giving body to what had been before invisible and inaudible. — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
Hannah Tinti writes with uncommon grace and stunning insight. Her quirky tribe of outcasts will break into your dreams and steal your… — Melanie Rae Thon Copy Share Image
