It was hard to tell if he was lying, or really believed his own bullshit. “We’re good for each other. You give me what I need. I give you what you need. No one needs to know what that is because it’s a secret between us. So we put on our suit. That’s the investment: us (Dan Skinner, The Price of Dick)
You must hiss at people who intend to undermine your individuality with their false pride and intellectual stupidity. You must frighten them away, lest they should do you harm. Act like you have a lot of venom inside you, but never inject them into anyone (Abhijit Naskar, Love, God & Neurons: Memoir of a scientist who found himself by getting lost)
Leaders don’t define wealth by material things they see. They define wealth by the visions they imagine and actions they take (Israelmore Ayivor, Leaders’ Ladder)
I’m amazed and disheartened at how quickly adolescents lose their innocence nowadays. Everyone is in such a rush to give themselves over to someone physically without truly knowing the person to whom they are entrusting with their body and emotions – Karen Amanda Hooper, Taking Back Forever
As our language wanes and dies, the golden legends of the far-off centuries fade and pass away. No one sees their influence upon culture; no one sees their educational power (Douglas Hyde)
Appreciate what you have, while you have it, or you’ll learn what it meant to you after you lose it (Frank Sonnenberg, BookSmart: Hundreds of real-world lessons for success and happiness)
If by studying Bhagavad-gītā one decides to surrender to Kṛṣṇa, he is immediately freed from all sinful reactions (A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada)
Do not waste time trying to change the world – just look for something that you are useful. (Davi Oliveira)
We live in a society of victimization, where people are much more comfortable being victimized than actually standing up for themselves (Marilyn Manson)
Most thoughtful,”…[he said] politely. This cheerfulness was ambiguous, Had she determined to ignore …[the] coup entirely–an established tactic, most irritating to the innovator but hard to sustain over long periods of time–or had she already evolved her counter-strategy? – Tom Holt, Lucia Triumphant