"Artists instinctively want to reflect humanity, their own and each other's, in all its intermittent virtue and vitality, frailty and fallibility."

“Gay people are the sweetest, kindest, most artistic, warmest and most thoughtful people in the world. And since the beginning of time all they've ever been is kicked.”

“What most people find important, you do not. This is Wisdom. To what you believe is important, you are ready to give your mind, heart, and soul. This is Grace.”

“Enthusiasm for a cause sometimes warps judgment.”

Source : William Howard Taft (1912*). “Peace, patriotic and religious addresses by President Taft: delivered during his administration”

“I learned to make my mind large, as the universe is large, so that there is room for paradoxes. Petals are bone marrow; pearls come from oysters. The dragon lives in the sky, ocean, marshes, and mountains; and the mountains are also its cranium. Its voice thunders and jingles like copper pans. It breathes fire and water; and sometimes the dragon is one, sometimes many.”

“I never learn anything talking. I only learn things when I ask questions.”

“You can learn Elvish, if you want. It's a language like Italian and English. You can learn to read it, you can learn to write it, and you can learn to speak it.”

“And somewhere from the dim ages of history the truth dawned upon Europe that the morrow would obliterate the plans of today.”

Source : Jaroslav Hašek (1993). “The Good Soldier Švejk and His Fortunes in the World War”

“In an age like ours, which is not given to letter-writing, we forget what an important part it used to play in people's lives.”