Poisons Quotes

133 Poisons quotes by 115 unique authors

Our enemy is fear. Blinding, reason-killing fear. Fear consumes the truth and poisons all the evidence, leading us to false assumptions and irrational conclusions. — Rick Yancey
Kindness is a rotten fruit that poisons anyone who partakes of it. Throw it in the face of your enemies and let it ruin them… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
The truth was, Azoth hated Azoth. Azoth was a coward, passive, weak, afraid, disloyal. Azoth had hesitated. Master Blint didn’t know it, but the poisons… — Brent Weeks
Unhappiness is a dangerous thing, like carbon monoxide. You don't smell it, you don't taste it, it's formless and colourless, but it poisons slowly. It… — Bella Pollen
The poet makes himself a voyant through a long, immense reasoned deranging of all his senses. All the forms of love, of suffering, of madness;… — Arthur Rimbaud
Insecurity twists meanings and poisons trust. In a closely beleaguered city every sentry is a potential traitor. — Graham Greene
Because in some men it is in them to give up everything personal at some time, before it ferments and poisons--throw it to some human… — Carson McCullers
Your body does not eliminate poisons by knowing their names. To try to control fear or depression or boredom by calling them names is to… — Alan Watts
I am a free man―and I need my freedom. I need to be alone. I need to ponder my shame and my despair in seclusion;… — Henry Miller
The Buddha taught that all life is suffering. We might also say that life, being both attractive and constantly dangerous, is intoxicating and ultimately toxic.… — Gary Snyder
When I was young, some women told me they loved me for my long eyelashes. I accepted. Later it was for my wit. Then for… — Mario Puzo
We all have demons inside us, Nick. The Tsalagi have an old saying—every heart holds two wolves. One is the white wolf, who is made… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
Sophronia was minding her own business and running late to luncheon, as was her custom. She'd let to learn the advantage of punctuality. As she… — Gail Carriger
I also believe in cigarettes, cholesterol, alcohol, carbon monoxide, masturbation, the Arts Council, nuclear weapons, the Daily Telegraph, and not properly labeling fatal poisons, but… — Dennis Potter
I could never accept life as it was, I could never gobble down all its poisons bu there were parts, tenuous magic parts open for… — Charles Bukowski
Nirvana means to extinguish the burning fires of the Three Poisons: greed, anger, and ignorance. This can be accomplished by letting go of dissatisfaction. — Shinjo Ito
See how fortune deludes us, and that which we put carefully into her hands, she either breaks or lets it fall from her hands, or… — Giordano Bruno
We know it is impossible to go on finding, moving and wasting oil, leveling forests, paving land, dumping poisons, and multiplying our numbers. A new… — Donella Meadows
Poisons and medicine are oftentimes the same substance given with different intents. — Peter Latham
Politicians are usually the first to forget that if you assume someone else is acting in bad faith, they will do the same to you.… — John Sununu
A writer has to be driven crazy to help him to see. A writer needs his poisons. — Philip Roth
The first study for the man who wants to be a poet is knowledge of himself, complete: he searches for his soul, he inspects it,… — Arthur Rimbaud
Hatred is the most severely damaging mental condition. It poisons the body, and its effects are virtually irreversible. — Superman
One of the deadliest poisons a person can consume in their lifetime is the poison of jealousy. Jealousy opens flood gate of self destruction. — Anil Sinha
You say love stories are just for fools, Because this story is cursed by fairy dust. Dead in the end, this end was made for… — Jasmine Laura

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