It took Descartes to deduce that God would not wish to deceive us. The world must be as it appears to be, the Frenchman deduced, because a perfect God would never wish to deceive us....

That was one of the inherent flaws of faith. Belief without knowing. But worse yet: belief without action. It could be good in its own right. Beautiful, even, when embraced, but that had to be...

Non-attachment grounded in faith allows good to return to you.

I have a tongue like a rose petal, and when I say I love you, it has the fragrance of truth. My words are my garden, and I’m planting our future.

And so we smile on,Feeding the truths we shareWith a union of our souls,Cathedral slaves of our passionWhich builds beauty amongst chaos.

Satire’s nature is to be one-sided, contemptuous of ambiguity, and so unfairly selective as to find in the purity of ridicule an inarguable moral truth.

Propaganda is a sprinter, but truth is a long-distance runner.

Beauty of your love-filled smile created a mark on the stone wall of my heart, I can erase it never.

Now, why did Kitty, who was the falsest thing on earth, who was in tune with every kind of falsity, by merely suffering somehow remind us of reality? Why did her tears reveal to me...

Our knowledge has limitations even though we have infinite imaginations.

People have a tendency to stray certain things so far from the truth, especially over long periods of time, that those who knew them truly hardly recognize them when they are spoken of by others.

Happiness is in nature, beauty, and tranquility.

I don’t have a problem with someone using their talents to become successful, I just don’t think the highest calling is success. Things like freedom and the expansion of knowledge are beyond success, beyond the...

Most fools think he is the wisest person but the most wise person thinks he is a fool.

It’s strange how dreams get under your skin and give your heart a test for what’s real and what’s imaginary.

Things can go three ways—left, right, or straight. If you stand on one side, either the left or the right, you will have the quickest reaction 1/3rd of the time, the second quickest reaction 1/3rd...

When I became convinced that the Universe is natural – that all the ghosts and gods are myths, there entered into my brain, into my soul, into every drop of my blood, the sense, the...

Love has no monetary value, but without love, life has no value.

…even a tiny bit of deceit is dishonorable when it’s used for selfish or cowardly reasons.- Mr. Penderwick

People are prettiest when they smile with joy.

You’re my story,you’re my poetry,you’re my floweryou’re my deep driving desire.

Holding on to the past will hold you down in life. Learn from it but move on.

Inner Knowledge — You want to become wise in one lesson: First become a real human being.

This seems to me a philosophical question, and therefore irrelevant, question. A poet’s destiny is to love.

Control your thoughts to define your life.

It doesn’t really matter who said it – it’s so obviously true. Bevore you can write anything, you have to notice something.

When someone does`nt wanna talk to you, you have no choice but to help them.

‘So you’re always honest,’ I said. ‘Aren’t you?’ ‘No,’ I told him. ‘I’m not.’ ‘Well, that’s good to know, I guess.’ ‘I’m not saying I’m a liar,’ I told him. He raised his eyebrows. ‘That’s...

See that the mind is honest, first; the rest may follow or not as God wills. [That] the fundamental treason to the mind … is the one fundamental treason which the scholar’s mind must not...

Creativity’s too big a pill; the truth’s too hard to swallow. Sprinkle sugar in a straight line and we’ll all inhale and follow.

Kindness gives courage.

Questions of absolute good and evil are much better not opened to public debate these days, when so few people are sure of their absolutes

When you’re there for others, you’re ahead of everyone.

At times to be silent is to lie. You will win because you have enough brute force. But you will not convince. For to convince you need to persuade. And in order to persuade you...

Life isn’t about achieving successBut about creating joy and happiness.

Smile reveals the beauty of heart, which is timeless and ageless.

The criminal (as slave) often seeks a person of great perfection (and here, as a judge of people’s imperfection, the criminal is much harsher than a good man), because he so wants to obtain trust...

Education transforms and transcends the human mind toward perfection.

No Temple made by mortal human hands can ever compare to the Temple made by the gods themselves. That building of wood and stone that houses us and that many believe conceals the great Secret...

Be brave enough to listen to your heart, be bold enough to hope for the best.

There is no utter truth or utter falsehood in this world. There is only mostly. Which part of the mostly you choose to accept, well, that much is up to you.

When you see the sadness in life, be compassionate. When you see the darkness, become the light and be passionate.

I can be forced to live without happiness, but I will never consent to live without honor.

When we talk, we express our preconceived thoughts, when we listen, we learn and give birth to new thoughts.

The impulse to tell the truth was not as great as the fear of being left off the page.

Love and truth are two tools you can use to examine how reasonable or unreasonable your sentiments are

And in that moment, everything I knew to be true about myself up until then was gone. I was acting like another woman, yet I was more myself than ever before.

When you want to change the world, have you changed yourself lately?

Don’t ever trust men with good intentions. They’ll always disappoint you.”Leo

The joy of giving last forever.So give with love and forget it never.