Miscellaneous Quotes

Time is our most valuable asset, yet we tend to waste it, kill it, and spend it rather than invest it.

When you know a thing, to hold that you know it; and when you do not know a thing, to allow that you do not know it; this is knowledge.

We must learn to apply all that we know so that we can attract all that we want.

A true love has no place for lust.

The power to question is the basis of all human progress.

Yet each man kills the thing he loves. From all let this be heard: some do it with a bitter look, some with a flattering word. The coward does it with a kiss. The brave man with the sword.

I have always been amazed at the way an ordinary observer lends so much more credence and attaches so much more importance to waking events than to those occurring in dreams... 
Man... is above all the plaything of his memory.

Dreams are illustrations..

Love is a temporary madness. It erupts like an earthquake and then subsides. And when it subsides you have to make a decision. You have to work out whether your roots have become so entwined together that it is inconceivable that you should ever part. Because this is what love is. Love is not breathlessness, it is not excitement, it is not the promulgation of promises of eternal passion. That is just being "in love" which any of us can convince ourselves we are. Love itself is what is left over when being in love has burned away, and this is both an art and a fortunate accident. Your mother and I had it, we had roots that grew towards each other underground, and when all the pretty blossom had fallen from our branches we found that we were one tree and not two."

I've never met a genius. A genius to me is someone who does well at something he hates. Anybody can do well at something he loves - it's just a question of finding the subject.

Where life has no value, death sometimes has its price..

I have been astonished that men could die martyrs for their religion - I have shudder'd at it. I shudder no more. I could be martyr'd for my religion. Love is my religion. And I could die for that. I could die for you.

I hold it true, whate'er befall; I feel it, when I sorrow most; 'Tis better to have loved and lost Than never to have loved at all.

We think we have learned how to care for someone if we know what makes them smile...but if we really care for someone, we should know what makes them cry.

Best friends are like beautiful street lamps, They may not make the distance shorter but they light your path and make the journey easier