Wisdom

A lot of people see doubt as legitimate philosophical posture. They think of themselves in the middle, whereas of course really, they're nowhere.

A poet must discover that it’s his own story that is true, even if the truth is small indeed.

It is culture that is the bully.'.

A harsh word breaks the heart. A kind word can sooth the savage beast. A word never spoken can bury a burden or save a relationship.

True education expands your imagination. False education fills your mind with dogma and makes you a prisoner of conformity.

You will never turn from a sin you don’t hate.

The problem is, God gave man a brain and a penis and only enough blood to run one at a time.

The differences between women are all cosmetic.

Heat of blood makes young people change their inclinations often, and habit makes old ones keep to theirs a great while.

Mahatma Gandhi was as devout a Rambhakt as you can get — he died from a Hindu assassin’s bullet with the words “Hé Ram” on his lips — but he always said that for him, Ram and Rahim were the same deity, and that if Hinduism ever taught hatred of Islam or of non-Hindus, “it is doomed to destruction.

The barbarian loves his own pride, and hates, or disbelieves in, the pride of others. I will be a civilized being, I will love the pride of my adversaries, of my servants, and my lover; and my house shall be, in all humility, in the wilderness a civilized place.

So how you're gonna play this?' Trenton asked.'Divide and conquer.'Divide what?'His head from the rest of his body.'Trenton nodded quickly. 'Good plan.

When the ignorant have become numerous or powerful enough, they have been referred to by a special name. This names is 'the Wise'.

...If I don't have twenty or thirty books right here, waiting to be read, I start jonesing. That's my compulsion.

The happy man is he who knows his limitations yet bows to no false gods.

Some books are so special that you never forget where you were the first time you read them.

Knowledge has no value if it does not enhance your wisdom.

A camera is a tool for learning how to see without a camera.

I think the best part of learning a language is that you can see the country's culture through the language. And it gives you different levels of understanding of that culture when you really try to dig in and learn it.

Worrying is like a man's beard, if you don't do something about it... It will keep growing.