Wisdom is knowing what to do next; virtue is doing it.
The most erroneous stories are those we think we know best - and therefore never scrutinize or question.
Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities. Truth isn't.
Because we don't think about future generations, they will never forget us.
I said to myself, I have things in my head that are not like what anyone has taught me - shapes and ideas so near to me - so natural to my way of being and thinking that it hasn't occurred to me to put them down. I decided to start anew, to strip away what I had been taught.
Here's to the crazy ones, the misfits, the rebels, the troublemakers, the round pegs in the square holes... the ones who see things differently -- they're not fond of rules... You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them, but the only thing you can't do is ignore them because they change things... they push the human race forward, and while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius, because the ones who are crazy enough to think that they can change the world, are the ones who do.
Darryl wasn't in good shape -- he was white-faced and panting.
The great art of giving consists in this: the gift should cost very little and yet be greatly coveted, so that it may be the more highly appreciated.
We are able to laugh when we achieve detachment, if only for a moment.