“The mouth obeys poorly when the heart murmurs.” — Voltaire
“When the idea of any pleasure strikes your imagination, make a just computation between the duration of the pleasure and that of the repentance that is likely to follow it.” — Epictetus
“Most people are perfectly afraid of silence.” — E.E. Cummings
“Why is it, ‘A penny for your thoughts,’ but, ‘You have to put your two cents in?’… somebody’s making a penny.” — Steven Wright
“No one can be good for long if goodness is not in demand.” — Bertolt Brecht
“Many are frustrated because they keep waiting for the blooming of flowers of which they have yet to sow the seeds.[ed]” — Steve Maraboli
“Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity.” — Khalil Gibran
“So what if I can’t spell Armaggedon? … it’s not the end of the world.” — Stewart Francis
“Writing is easy. All you have to do is cross out the wrong words.” — Mark Twain
“You don’t write because you want to say something, you write because you have something to say.” — F. Scott Fitzgerald
“If there’s a book you want to read but it hasn’t been written yet, then you must write it.” — Toni Morrison
“I can be changed by what happens to me. But I refuse to be reduced by it.” — Maya Angelou
“Never let your inferiors do you a favor – it will be extremely costly.” — H. L. Mencken
“Cleverness is not wisdom.” — Euripides
“He’s a fine friend; he stabs you in the front.” — Leonard L. Levinson
“Use your enemy’s hand to catch a snake.” — Persian Proverb
“Wise is what you want to be. Smart is easy compared to wise.” — Jerry Seinfeld
“A whaleship was my Yale College and my Harvard.” — Herman Melville
“Do not touch MY iPhone. It’s not an usPhone, it’s not a wePhone, it’s not an ourPhone, it’s an iPhone.” — Unknown
“Without a sense of urgency, desire loses its value.” — Jim Rohn
“If our house be on fire, without inquiring whether it was fired from within or without, we must try to extinguish it.” — Thomas Jefferson
“You don’t learn to walk by following rules. You learn by doing, and by falling over.” — Richard Branson
“Life is an endless struggle full of frustrations and challenges, but eventually you find a hair stylist you like.” — Author Unknown
“There is no love that is not an echo.” — Theodor Adorno
“The man who is swimming against the stream knows the strength of it.” — Woodrow Wilson
“That is what learning is. You suddenly understand something you’ve understood all your life, but in a new way.” — Doris Lessing
“Whether we’re talking about socks or stocks, I like buying quality merchandise when it is marked down.” — Warren Buffett
“A person who is nice to you, but rude to the waiter, is not a nice person.” — Dave Barry
“Give every day a chance to be the best day of your life.” — Mark Twain
“My guiding principle is this: Guilt is never to be doubted.” — Franz Kafka
“He knows so little and knows it so fluently.” — Ellen Glasgow
“Every horse thinks its own pack heaviest.” ― Thomas Fuller
“Study nature, love nature, stay close to nature. It will never fail you.” ― Frank Lloyd Wright
“Sometimes memories sneak out of my eyes and roll down my cheeks.” ― Unknown
“There is much pleasure to be gained from useless knowledge.” ― Bertrand Russell
“We lose ourselves in the things we love. We find ourselves there too.” — Kristin Martz
“Like all angry men, he loved his grievance.” — Anthony Trollope
“No person has the right to dictate what other people should perceive, create or produce, but all should be encouraged to reveal themselves, their perceptions and emotions, and to build confidence in the creative spirit. [ed]” — Ansel Adams
“Karma never loses an address.” — Unknown
