Daily Quote Archives

“Truth is by nature self-evident. As soon as you remove the cobwebs of ignorance that surround it, it shines clear.”

“Come forth into the light of things,
Let Nature be your teacher.”

“Kites rise highest against the wind — not with it.”

“Books were this wonderful escape for me because I could open a book and disappear into it, and that was the only way out of that house when I was a kid.”

“The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common.”

“Never think you’re better than anyone else, but don’t let anyone treat you like you’re worse than they are.””

“Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky.”

“I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.”

“Be kind to unkind people — they need it the most.”

“Desire is half of life; indifference is half of death.”

“I wish I had an answer to that because I’m tired of answering that question.”

“Lost time is never found again.”

“He who trims himself to suit everyone will soon whittle himself away.”

“Advertising is legalized lying.”

“A hot dog at the ball park is better than steak at the Ritz.”

“Imagination grows by exercise, and contrary to common belief, is more powerful in the mature than in the young.”

“We need to give each other the space to grow, to be ourselves, to exercise our diversity. We need to give each other space so that we may both give and receive such beautiful things as ideas, openness, dignity, joy, healing, and inclusion.”

“An artist is somebody who produces things that people don’t need to have.”

“An intellectual is someone whose mind watches itself.”

“If you are irritated by every rub, how will your mirror be polished?”

“To love is to admire with the heart; to admire is to love with the mind.”

“If we don‘t change, we don’t grow. If we don‘t grow, we aren’t really living.”

“Conviction without experience makes for harshness.”

“One is never fortunate or as unfortunate as one imagines.”

“Someone who thinks the world is always cheating him is right. He is missing that wonderful feeling of trust in someone or something.”

“Don’t aim for success if you want it; just do what you love and believe in, and it will come naturally.”

“Money and success don’t change people; they merely amplify what is already there.”

“I finally figured out the only reason to be alive is to enjoy it.”

“If one is lucky, a solitary fantasy can totally transform one million realities.”

“Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently.”