We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by what we have already done. —Henry Wadsworth Longfellow More about this quote Tags: capability judgement accomplishment potential Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
I was a victim of a series of accidents, as are we all. —Kurt Vonnegut in The Sirens of Titan More about this quote Tags: accidents existence coincidence Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
All things are difficult before they are easy. —Thomas Fuller More about this quote Tags: easy difficulty ease skill development Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
There's only one rule that I know of, babies—God damn it, you've got to be kind. —Kurt Vonnegut in God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater More about this quote Tags: life kindness rules Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Maturity is a bitter disappointment for which no remedy exists, unless laughter could be said to remedy anything. —Kurt Vonnegut More about this quote Tags: humor laughter maturity disappointment remedy Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
A purpose of human life, no matter who is controlling it, is to love whoever is around to be loved. —Kurt Vonnegut in The Sirens of Titan More about this quote Tags: love life purpose Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference. The opposite of art is not ugliness, it's indifference. The opposite of faith is not heresy, it's indifference. And the opposite of life is not death, it's indifference. —Elie Wiesel More about this quote Tags: love hate apathy indifference philosophy Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
The man who does not read has no advantage over the man who cannot read. —Mark Twain More about this quote Tags: ignorance reading learning intelligence Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on. —Robert Frost More about this quote Tags: life continuity brevity Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough. —Mae West More about this quote Tags: life living enough Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
One rarely falls in love without being as much attracted to what is interestingly wrong with someone as what is objectively healthy. —Alain de Botton More about this quote Tags: love perfection imperfection health Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
The only reward of virtue is virtue; the only way to have a friend is to be one. —Ralph Waldo Emerson More about this quote Tags: friendship friends virtue Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Whoso would be a man, must be a nonconformist. He who would gather immortal palms must not be hindered by the name of goodness, but must explore if it be goodness. Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind. Absolve you to yourself, and you shall have the suffrage of the world. —Ralph Waldo Emerson More about this quote Tags: truth power self-reliance integrity Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
There is one mind common to all individual men. Every man is an inlet to the same and to all of the same. He that is once admitted to the right of reason is made a freeman of the whole estate. What Plato has thought, he may think; what a saint has felt, he may feel; what at any time has befallen any man, he can understand. Who hath access to this universal mind is a party to all that is or can be done, for this is the only and sovereign agent. —Ralph Waldo Emerson More about this quote Tags: humanity history commonality mind power Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
It is easy to live for others; everybody does. I call on you to live for yourselves. —Ralph Waldo Emerson More about this quote Tags: life others self-care easy Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email