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“The fool strikes. The wise man smiles, and watches, and learns. Then strikes.”
Source : Joe Abercrombie (2014). “Half a King”, p.90, Del Rey
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“Seek first the Kingdom of God: that is, the first order of business is to transform one's own inner life, not the accumulation of external trappings of speculative knowledge.”
Source : John D. Caputo (2014). “How To Read Kierkegaard”, p.14, Granta Books
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“Our beliefs are the invisible ingredients in all our activities.”
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“Every family has a story that it tells itself, that it passes on to the children and grandchildren. The story grows over the years, mutates, some parts are sharpened, others dropped, and there is often debate about what really happened. But even with these different sides of the same story, there is still agreement that this is the family story. And in the absence of other narratives, it becomes the flagpole that the family hangs its identity from.”
Source : A.M. Homes (2012). “The Mistress's Daughter: A Memoir”, p.93, Granta Books
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“The elephants were being slaughtered in masses. Some were even killed in the vicinity of big tourist hotels.”
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“Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is the noble art of leaving things undone. The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of non-essentials.”
Source : Lin Yutang (1937). “The Importance of Living”
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“People tell me that Senator Edwards got picked for his good looks, his sex appeal, and his great hair. I say to them: How do you think I got the job?”
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“I think the earlier stages of Alzheimer's are the hardest. Particularly because the person knows that they are losing awareness. They're aware that they're losing awareness, and you see them struggling.”
