“ There’s power in the touch of another person’s hand. We acknowledge it in little ways, all the time. There’s a reason human beings shake hands, hold hands, slap hands, bump hands. It comes from our ve… Jim Butcher
“ That's how it is with want. As long as you lack something you yearn for it without cease. if only I could have that one thing, you tell yourself, all my problems would be solved. But once you get it,… Paul Auster
“ Se ciascuno pensa solo a se stesso e non si fida che di se stesso, come volete che ci sia coraggio civile, dal momento che questa virtù si basa sulla rinuncia a se stessi? Coraggio civile e coraggio m… Honore de Balzac
“ One of the extraordinary things about life is the sort of places it's prepared to put up with living. Douglas Adams
“ No, that is the great fallacy: the wisdom of old men. They do not grow wise. They grow careful. Ernest Hemingway
“ No plaque reminds the passer-by of these glories, although there should be one; for those who invent biscuits bring great pleasure to many. Alexander McCall Smith
“ Inferior people often despise those who are different, Adam said calmly. It’s the only way they can feel superior. Mary Jo Putney
“ I am looking for friends. What does that mean -- tame?It is an act too often neglected, said the fox. It means to establish ties. To establish ties? Just that, said the fox. To me, you are still nothi… Antoine de Saint-Exupery
“ Entreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee: For wither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge: Thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God. Anonymous
“ Divinely wise souls often infuriate the worldly-wise because they always see things from the Divine point of view. The worldly are willing to let anyone believe in God if he pleases, but only on condi… Fulton J. Sheen
“ But I don’t know what the right thing to do is; I sometimes think I know too much, I’ve studied too much, learned too much, remembered too much. It all seems to average out, somehow; like dust that se… Iain M. Banks
“ Aeschylus writes, In our sleep, pain that cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart and in our own despair, against our will, comes wisdom through the awful grace of God. Madeleine L'Engle
“ There is a universal, intelligent, life force that exists within everyone and everything. It resides within each one of us as a deep wisdom, an inner knowing. We can access this wonderful source of kn… Shakti Gawain
“ What has history said of eminence without honor, wealth without wisdom, power and possessions without principle? The answer is reiterated in the overthrow of the mightiest empires of ancient times. Ba… Orson F. Whitney
“ One of my father's RULES FOR LIFE was to marry a woman who was smarter than you. "I did this," he would say to me, "and you should do it, too. I say, why do all the thinking? Nicholas Sparks
“ I strongly disagree that we should not judge other people. Wisdom means good judgement. Those who fail to judge wisely often fall victim to superficial deceits. However, we should: Judge ourselves bef… Melissa M.L. Wong
“ It is mathematics which reveals every genuine truth, for it knows every hidden secret, and bears the key to every subtlety of letters; whoever then has the effrontery to study physics while neglecting… Thomas Bradwardine
“ Step into my shoes follow my journey my mountains my valleys my surprise potholes and if you can keep going the way I keep going perhaps you'll understand my choices & strength. Karen Salmansohn
“ But if you were to die ten times for him, you would not alter his destiny in the slightest Hermann Hesse