"Zakath's face grew thoughtful. "You know something, Garion?" he said. "Man thinks he owns the world, but we share it with all sorts of creatures who are indifferent to our overlordship. They have their own societies, and I supposed even their own cultures. They don't even pay attention to us, do you?" "Only when we inconvenience them...It teaches us humility," Garion agreed."

-- David Eddings

#Humility Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Thoughtful Quotes

“Remember, Hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies.”
“How do you build a relationship when you've hardly shared a word but suddenly share a child? How do you love a daughter you don't see for nearly two years? When does she become your daughter? How does she become your daughter?”
“I am always driven by the terror of humiliation.”
“To paint a human figure you must not paint it; you must render the whole of its surrounding atmosphere.”

Source : "Futurism" edited by Didier Ottinger; Centre Pompidou / 5 Continents Editions, Milan, (p. 172), 2008.
“Well, thanks for not shooting anyone, I guess", said Marcus. "My contribution was to somehow refrain from peeing myself. You can thank me later.”
“Sometimes the choices you make are good and other times it goes the other way. I take full responsibility as coach.”
“Yes, yes," said the Beast, "my heart is good, but still I am a monster." Among mankind," says Beauty, "there are many that deserve that name more than you, and I prefer you, just as you are, to those, who, under a human form, hide a treacherous, corrupt, and ungrateful heart.”

Source : Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont “Beauty and the BeastLa Belle et la Bête English-French Parallel Text Edition”, Lulu.com
“The deeds we do, the words we say,Into still air they seem to fleet;We count them ever past;But they shall last -In the dread judgment theyAnd we shall meet.”

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