sound of truth

In a room where people unanimously maintain a conspiracy of silence, one word of truth sounds like a pistol shot. 

-Czeslaw Milosz, poet and novelist (1911-2004)

disguised as...

Patience is bitter...

...is a virtue

Real hatred of mankind

Real misanthropes are not found in solitude, but in the world; since it is experience of life, and not philosophy, which produces real hatred of mankind. 

-Giacomo Leopardi, poet, essayist, and philosopher (1798-1837)

Patience

Conceive & Give

I believe the greatest gift I can conceive of having from anyone is to be seen, heard, understood, and touched by them. The greatest gift I can give is to see, hear, understand, and touch another person. 

-Virginia Satir, psychotherapist and author (1916-1988)
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Highest result..

The highest result of education is tolerance. 

-Helen Keller, author and lecturer (1880-1968)

father of invention

Doubt is the father of invention.

- Ambrose Bierce

for the world

"Don't try to lessen yourself for the world; let the world catch up to you."

- Beyonce

when they gave up

Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.
- Thomas A. Edison

..worth what i paid?

It's like, at the end, there's this surprise quiz: Am I proud of me? I gave my life to become the person I am right now. Was it worth what I paid? 

-Richard Bach, writer (b. 23 Jun 1936)

Small change of..

"Words are the small change of thought." 

~Jules Renard

makes us stronger

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

- Friedrich Nietzsche

Change and tell...

People change and forget to tell each other. 

-Lillian Hellman, playwright (1905-1984)

What he thinks...

A man is what he thinks about all day long.

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

...into an institution

A writer must refuse to allow himself to be transformed into an institution. 

-Jean-Paul Sartre, writer and philosopher (21 Jun 1905-1980)

Self made

"Nobody built like you, you design yourself."

~ Jay-Z

Thank you all...

Happy Father's Day

I'm a father; that's what matters most. Nothing matters more.

- Gordon Brown

ideas deserve criticism

"Respect for religion" has become a code phrase meaning "fear of religion". Religions, like all other ideas, deserve criticism, satire, and, yes, our fearless disrespect. 

-Salman Rushdie, writer (b. 19 Jun 1947)

...invest in ignorance

A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep.

 -Saul Bellow, writer, Nobel laureate (1915-2005)

Your frequency...

"The Universe responds to your frequency. It doesn't recognize your personal desires, wants or needs. It only understands the frequency in which you are vibrating at."

Well...

Well done is better than well said.

- Benjamin Franklin

Difficult Doesn't mean

Difficult doesn't mean impossible, it simply means we have to work hard.

Flattery and Slander

Fearing no insult, asking for no crown, receive with indifference both flattery and slander, and do not argue with a fool. 

-Aleksandr Pushkin, poet, novelist, and playwright (1799-1837)

Life is too short..

Life appears to me too short to be spent in nursing animosity, or registering wrongs.
- Charlotte Bronte

Test and start a...

Speculation is perfectly all right, but if you stay there you've only founded a superstition. If you test it, you've started a science. 

-Hal Clement, science fiction author (30 May 1922-2003)