In the end, it doesn’t matter how long have you been living, but what you have been doing with your life.

Lift Not The Painted VeilLift not the painted veil which those who liveCall Life: though unreal shapes be pictured there,And it but mimic all we would believeWith colours idly spread,–behind, lurk FearAnd Hope, twin Destinies;...

In religion, as in war and everything else, comfort is the one thing you cannot get by looking for it. If you look for truth, you may find comfort in the end: if you look...

Life is a miracle and every moment is miraculous.

Don’t think I know you,” Harold said, grinning, as they shook. He had a firm grip. Larry’s hand was pumped up and down exactly three times and let go. It reminded Larry of the time...

Books are mirrors: you only see in them what you already have inside you.

The most important lesson in life is to learn to love those who are hurting you. Because those people who are hurting you, in reality they are hurting themselves. Be kind to them.

Despite how entertaining certain stories were, at the bottom of every item of gossip there was someone getting hurt.

That’s half of your trouble,” muttered the crocodile. “You believe everything’s true.””That’s because everything is,” replied Mr. Bacchus.

Dramatic. A well developed sense of the dramatic has values beyond what people usually imagine. One of these is to realise the limitations of a sense of the dramatic.

The boulder is the truth that the great men know by instinct, and the mountain is the stupidity of mankind.

The truth is I did try to stab him. I tried to stab him with a butter knife. Why? Because it seemed deadlier than trying to stab him with a melting stick of butter.

I, therefore, for one, cannot see my way to accepting the agnostic rules for truth-seeking, or wilfully agree to keep my willing nature out of the game. I cannot do so for this plain reason,...

Diplomacy is the art of getting what you want without offending anyone too badly.

Knowledge is the value of a diamond but wisdom is the beauty and light it reflects.

The indescribable pleasure—which pales the rest of life’s joys—is abundant compensation for the investigator who endures the painful and persevering analytical work that precedes the appearance of the new truth, like the pain of childbirth....

We are never free when we imprison ourselves in the prison of our fixed, false beliefs.

Happiness will bloom With fragrance and beautyIf you plant the seeds of loveWith a deep driving desire in the garden of hopeAnd nurture with tenderness,Compassion, and care;If you are always eager to share.

You believe what your eyes want to believe!

Love is not an option, it is the only option.

There is no style in dieting but we become beautiful when we change our style of living.

The only person whom I can change and correct is myself

Daddy used to say that calling a person a romantic was just another way of saying he or she acted without regard for conseqences.

It was Colonel Parkman who upped stakes, crossed the border, and named our town, thus perversely commemorating a battle in which he’d lost. (Though perhaps that’s not so unusual: many people take a curatorial interest...

When you have inner peace and inner happinessYou will see the world as a peaceful place.

Progress has always been achieved by probing well-entrenched and well-founded forms of life with unpopular and unfounded values. This is how man gradually freed himself from fear and from the tyranny of unexamined systems.

Oh, my beauty!Oh, my reflection of life!Oh, my unmet desires!I am longing for youtor now and forever!

I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. This is why right, temporarily defeated, is stronger than evil triumphant.

Some words are sweet but unprotifable! Some are bitter but important. First weigh your words on the counter of integrity and speak not only because your words are sweet, but because they contain the truth!

No doubt we should be, on the whole, much worse off than we are without our astonishing gift for illusion.

The novel should tell the truth, as I see the truth, or as the novelist persuades me to see it. And one more demand: I expect the novelist to aspire to improve the world. …...

When wisdom arises, our inherent power as a being naturally arises as well, and then we begin to view things differently. We begin to see things based on the truth that we have found inside,...

Children are happy because they have the power of finding happiness in the simplest things.

Hell is truth seen too late.

If you want to be really beautiful, adorn yourself with a smile.

Storytellers seldom let facts get in the way of perpetuating a legend, although a few facts add seasoning and make the legend more believable.

Old dogs lives longer by learning new tricks

All should be laid open to you without reserve, for there is not a truth existing which I fear, or would wish unknown to the whole world.

The Duke would not pay for the works. He says that the Castle can never be taken. That is called hubris, Giacomo, the belief that you are never wrong. Believing you are never wrong is...

How hurtful it can be to deny one’s true self and live a life of lies just to appease others.

A man wants to see a woman as an angel of imagination, but a woman wants to prove that she is a person.

That truth should be silent I had almost forgot. (Enobarbus)

Everything you read in the newspapers is absolutely true except for the rare story of which you happen to have firsthand knowledge.

An Overall Feeling of Doom that One Cannot Ever Escape no Matter What One Does

When I see a dancing butterfly, When I see a half blooming flower,Their eager wish to make this world happy,My mind dances with joy,My soul emerges in happiness.

To love someone with all of your heart requires reaching them where they are with the only words they can understand.

I wanted to live in your heart and in your dreams.I wanted to enjoy your love, laughter and screams.

There is peace in knowing that whatever one thinks it is not the truth.

A leader creates a new way to success for followers and inspires them to follow him toward the ultimate purpose.

Control doesn’t validate love; it validates the nonexistence of trust and the painful unwillingness to accept the truth.