Orhan Pamuk Quote

Life is just a schoolroom with a glorious opportunity to prepare us for eternity.

Some men give up their designs when they have almost reached the goal While others, on the contrary, obtain a victory by exerting, at the last moment, more vigorous efforts than ever before.

Bad weather never stopped anyone from reaping a good harvest.

A man of sixty has spent twenty years in bed and over three years in eating.

Proportions are what makes the old Greek temples classic in their beauty. They are like huge blocks, from which the air has been literally hewn out between the columns.

His room was a sickly dual-tone of crimson and charcoal, like an Untitled Rothko, the colours bleeding into each other horribly and then rather serenely. The overall effect was overwhelmingly unapolog...

A designer knows he has achieved perfection not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.

To begin to know ourselves we must have sincere conversations with ourselves as if with a good friend. We must answer without reserve, listen without judgement, and accept without condition. That is s...

Keep an eye on your responses. Strong responses are about you more than them.

You are worth more than what people say or think of you.