Quotes from Books

I am always doing what I cannot do yet, in order to learn how to do it.

There is nothing more artistic than to love people.

I dream my painting and I paint my dream.

He who has a why to live can bear almost any how.

The higher we soar, the smaller we appear to those who cannot fly.

One must still have chaos in oneself to be able to give birth to a dancing star.

It is a time of great fear, and also of great courage.

The plague was a true test of humanity's resilience.

In the midst of death, life continues to struggle onward.

The world is a labyrinth, and we are all but lost in it.

Fear is a cruel master, and it can twist the mind in ways we can't comprehend.

In solitude, we often discover our deepest fears and greatest strengths.

The world is a comedy to those that think, a tragedy to those that feel.

Love is a passion which hath the power of making the most insignificant person important.

It is not the business of a writer to please himself, but to please those who read him.

Life is a series of experiences, each of them a step in the journey of a lifetime.

We are all of us in the same boat, and we must all row together.

The heart of a woman is a very tender thing.

Dreams are the most important things in life.

You have to be brave to really live.

The more you give, the more you will receive.

I like you very much. Just as you are.

The only thing worse than being single is being in a relationship with someone who makes you feel even more single.

It's like when you go to a party and your ex is there, and you have to avoid them all night.

The most important thing is to think about thinking.

Creativity involves breaking out of established patterns in order to look at things in a different way.

There is no such thing as a difficult problem; there are only difficult people.

The conversation is not just about making a point, but about making a connection.

Understanding your own emotions is the first step to understanding others.

It's not the action that matters, but the intention behind it.

We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.

Live by the foma that make you brave and kind and healthy and happy.

The Universe is a big place, perhaps the biggest.

Maybe there is a beast… maybe it's only us.

The conch exploded into a thousand white fragments and ceased to exist.

We’ve got to make smoke up there—or die.

I am not a hunter. I am a man.

The thing is - fear can't hurt you any more than a dream.

Power is a game of deception.

Never outshine the master.

If you want to take the king, you must kill him.

The more you say, the more common you appear.

I will not be able to relax until I have finished my novel.

I’m not going to be a good mother. I’m going to be a good aunt.

I don’t think I can go back to being the person I was before.

The extent of the atrocities committed during the Nanking Massacre is difficult to comprehend.

It is essential that we remember the past, so that we do not repeat it.

The silence and denial surrounding the Nanking Massacre are as tragic as the events themselves.

The future is not about technology, it’s about how we use it.

We always overestimate the change that will occur in the next two years and underestimate the change that will occur in the next ten.

Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning.

I want, I want, I want. I want to know what it is that I want.

I am not a man who likes to be unhappy.

I want to be a great man, a great man in the world.

There is no end to the adventures that we can have if only we seek them with our eyes open.

Tell me about it, George.

Guys like us, that work on ranches, are the loneliest guys in the world.

I seen hunderds of men come by an' go on the road an' work the ranches, an' every one of 'em's got a little piece of land in his head...

A guy needs somebody - to be near him.

The most important thing to remember is that the world is not black and white, but full of shades of gray.

We are all of us, in truth, more than one person.

What we do in this life echoes in eternity.

There is no such thing as innocence, only degrees of guilt.

The truth is that we are all, at heart, very lonely.

We are all made up of the things we have lost.

The most important thing in negotiation is to be able to separate people from the problem.

Negotiators are people, not just positions.

You can get a good deal only if you understand the interests of the other party.

The best way to negotiate is to work together to find a solution.

The universe is not a place to be understood, but a place to be experienced.

Chaos is the order of the day.

We are beginning to understand the unexpected behavior of complex systems.

Your subconscious mind is a recording machine that records everything you say and do.

You are the sum total of your own thoughts.

Change your thoughts and you change your world.

The pragmatic programmer is someone who can adapt and adjust to the challenges of software development.

Care about your craft. Write code that you will be proud of.

It's not about what you know, but what you can do with what you know.