Wisdom

Yes, vanity is a weakness indeed. But pride - where there is a real superiority of mind, pride will be always under good regulation.

Le livre est un morceau de silence dans les mains du lecteur. Celui qui écrit se tait. Celui qui lit ne rompt pas le silence.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

Some promises are lies we never meant to tell.

Don't you believe people when they tell you that people sought for a sign, and believed in miracles because they were ignorant. They did it because they were wise, filthily, vilely wise—too wise to eat or sleep or put on their boots with patience.

There's a popular concept of 'intelligence' as book smarts, like calculus or chess, as opposed to, say, social skills. So people say that 'it takes more than intelligence to succeed in human society.' But social skills reside in the brain, not the kidneys.

There is one thing we can do better than anyone else: we can be ourselves.

Pain & suffering requires time, awareness, and an intentional practice of self-love to disentangle.

The literary man re-reads, other men simply read.

We find that in the absence of demonstrable truth, the best we can do is to exercise the greatest diligence, humility, insight, intelligence, and industry in trying to arrive at the nearest values to truth. I hope, of course, to argue convincingly that having done this, we have an inescapable duty to seek to inculcate others with these values.

The best men in all ages keep classic traditions alive.

A man can see by starlight, if he takes the time.

It has always been science versus fundamentalism, not science versus religion.

The dog is the god of frolic.

Choosing the best option might show our smartness but Choosing the Right option would show our Goodness.,There, indeed, is a difference between being WISE and being NICE, andits now, it's our turn to decide-if it is smart enough to choose a right cup..! &If it is wise, being nice..!

My inspiration has always been photography's ability to stop time and reveal what the naked eye cannot see.

When you judge others, you do not define them, you define yourself.

Knowledge has to be improved, challenged, and increased constantly, or it vanishes.

All natural laws retain the balance contained within the scope of that law, no man made law can do this. It is better to understand the natural laws that govern society then to create man made laws that will not work.

Does any (MFA) program really improve anybody, as much as simply identifying them? And, after identifying them, not ruining them?