"There can be no deep disappointment where there is not deep love."

King Jr. Martin Luther | Disappointments | 9 bookmarks

"Imagination is a quality given a man to compensate him for what he is not, and a sense of humor was provided to console him for what he is."

Wilde, Oscar | Imagination | 4 bookmarks

"I sometimes think that God in creating man somewhat overestimated his ability."

Wilde, Oscar | Humankind | 5 bookmarks

"Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go."

Wilde, Oscar | Happiness | 9 bookmarks

"Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months."

Wilde, Oscar | Fashion | 10 bookmarks

"A dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment is that he sees the dawn before the rest of the world."

Wilde, Oscar | Dreams | 9 bookmarks

"The great man fights the elements in his time that hinder his own greatness, in other words his own freedom and sincerity."

Nietzsche, Friedrich | Sincerity | 2 bookmarks

"One ought to hold on to one's heart; for if one lets it go, one soon loses control of the head too."

Nietzsche, Friedrich | Emotions | 5 bookmarks

"There are strings in the human heart that had better not be vibrated."

Dickens, Charles | Emotions | 7 bookmarks

"All humanity is passion; without passion, religion, history, novels, art would be ineffectual."

Balzac, Honore De | Emotions | 2 bookmarks