“ I do not much trust the man who cares solely to inspire - he does not really inspire me - only the man who cares mostly to tell the truth, whatever that may do. For when the man who cares to tell the… Criss Jami
“ Or you may be such a thunderingly exalted creature as to be altogether deaf and blind to anything but heavenly sights and sounds. Then the earth for you is only a standing place- whether to be like th… Joseph Conrad
“ At ten, you are foolish. At twenty, you are naive. At thirty, you are alert. At forty, you are experienced. At fifty, you are wise. Matshona Dhliwayo
“ The cunning villains used our innocence, naivety and honesty; they incited and steered our virtue, purity and fervent temperaments. When we realized the actual absurdity of the situation and began to… Lin Zhao
“ Innocent like the first dreamsA few words dropped on the paper;Contaminated they were by the surrounding air,Fame swarmed, naivety disappeared! Neelam Saxena Chandra
“ The enlightenment driven away,The habit-forming pain,Mismanagement and grief:We must suffer them all again. W.H. Auden
“ I guess I just grew up thinking that when we become adults, we get to do what we love. For work, for fun, forever. I don't know where I got that from. Seems silly now. Crystal Woods
“ (On getting married at 19) We told ourselves we had forever and we never looked back. The problem was that we never really looked ahead. Crystal Woods
“ In our day everyone wants to appear intelligent, one would prefer to be accused of crime than of naiveté if the accompanying risks could be avoided. But since intelligence cannot be drawn from the voi… Frithjof Schuon
“ For such a worldly, surly bastard, Bas had always been incredibly innocent. Always seen the best in people. Sherrilyn Kenyon
“ I wished for nothing beyond her smile, and to walk with her thus, hand in hand, along a sun warmed, flower bordered path. Andre Gide
“ Tacitus laughed at the Germanic tribes who tried to stop a torrent with their shields, but it is no less naive to believe in planetary migration or to believe in the establishment by purely human mean… Frithjof Schuon
