Ivo Andric Quote

After your death you will be what you were before your birth.

Instead of being regarded as intelligent or knowledgeable, many a woman would rather be regarded as beautiful or good in the kitchen; many a man, as handsome or good in bed.

Let my silence grow with noise as pregnant mothers grow with life. Let my silence permeate these walls as sunlight permeates a home. Let the silence rise from unwatered graves and craters left by bomb...

The day when the fire that we had lit in our minds reaches our hearts, we will start turning every person that we come in contact with into ashes. We become the ghosts that we always feared.

We human beings regard ourselves as (or compare ourselves to) animals only when it suits us.

Until you develop the courage to pursue that dream in your heart, you will never reach your true potential.

Kids are absolutely starved for positive adult contact.

The best fighter is never angry.

If we could get your subconscious mind to agree with your conscious mind about being happy, that's when your positive thoughts work.

The really frightening thing about middle age is the knowledge that you'll grow out of it.