"I believe that man will not merely endure; he will prevail."

Faulkner, William on optimism
4 fans of this quote   

"The end of wisdom is to dream high enough to lose the dream in the seeking of it."

Faulkner, William on dream
5 fans of this quote   

"Come Sleep! Oh Sleep, the certain knot of peace, the baiting-place of wit, the balm of woe, the poor man's wealth, the prisoner's release, the indifferent judge between the high and low."

Sidney, Sir Philip on sleep
4 fans of this quote   

"There is between sleep and us something like a pact, a treaty with no secret clauses, and according to this convention it is agreed that, far from being a dangerous, bewitching force, sleep will become domesticated and serve as an instrument of our power to act. We surrender to sleep, but in the way that the master entrusts himself to the slave who serves him."

Blanchot, Maurice on sleep   

"Old friends pass away, new friends appear. It is just like the days. An old day passes, a new day arrives. The important thing is to make it meaningful: a meaningful friend -- or a meaningful day."

Dalai Lama on friends and friendship
21 fans of this quote   

"The glory of friendship is not in the outstretched hand, nor the kindly smile, nor the joy of companionship; it is in the spiritual inspiration that comes to one when he discovers that someone else believes in him and is willing to trust him."

Emerson, Ralph Waldo on friends and friendship
36 fans of this quote   

"Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art. It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things that give value to survival."

Lewis, C. S. on friends and friendship
19 fans of this quote   

"I shot an arrow into the air, It fell to earth, I knew not where; For so swiftly it flew, the sight Could not follow it in its flight. I breathed a song into the air, It fell to earth, I knew not where; For, who has sight so keen and strong That it can follow the flight of song? Long, long afterward, in an oak I found the arrow, still unbroken; And the song, from beginning to end, I found again in the heart of a friend."

Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth on friends and friendship
5 fans of this quote   

"The language of friendship is not words but meanings."

Thoreau, Henry David on friends and friendship
11 fans of this quote   

This quotation can be viewed in the context of a book

"Friends are those rare people who ask how you are and then wait to hear the answer."

Unknown, Source on friends and friendship
4 fans of this quote   

"Friendship is the only cement that will ever hold the world together."

Wilson, Woodrow T. on friends and friendship
12 fans of this quote   

"Man is the only creature who refuses to be what he is."

Camus, Albert on action
21 fans of this quote   

"It is normal to give away a little of one's life in order not to lose it all."

Camus, Albert on giving
4 fans of this quote   

"That must be wonderful; I have no idea of what it means."

Camus, Albert on ambiguity
5 fans of this quote   

"Instead of killing and dying in order to produce the being that we are not, we have to live and let live in order to create what we are."

Camus, Albert on ideals and idealism
6 fans of this quote   

"There is a theory which states that if ever anybody discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another theory which states that this has already happened."

Adams, Douglas on mystery
19 fans of this quote   

"In all chaos there is a cosmos, in all disorder a secret order."

Jung, Carl on chaos
7 fans of this quote   

"Through pride we are ever deceiving ourselves. But deep down below the surface of the average conscience a still, small voice says to us, something is out of tune."

Jung, Carl on pride
4 fans of this quote   

"As far as we can discern, the sole purpose of human existence is to kindle a light in the darkness of mere being."

Jung, Carl on light
5 fans of this quote   

"Knowledge rests not upon truth alone, but upon error also."

Jung, Carl on knowledge
4 fans of this quote   

"Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves."

Jung, Carl on imitation
13 fans of this quote   

"It is good to have an end to journey toward; but it is the journey that matters, in the end"

Hemingway, Ernest on purpose
6 fans of this quote   

"Many times a day I realize how much my own life is built on the labors of my fellowmen, and how earnestly I must exert myself in order to give in return as much as I have received."

Einstein, Albert on gratitude
16 fans of this quote   

"Most of the shadows of this life are caused by standing in one's own sunshine"

Emerson, Ralph Waldo on adversity
63 fans of this quote   

"All of us failed to match our dreams of perfection. So I rate us on the basis of our splendid failure to do the impossible."

Faulkner, William on failure
7 fans of this quote   

"The salvation of the world is in man's suffering."

Faulkner, William on suffering
4 fans of this quote   

"I hope that my achievements in life shall be these -- that I will have fought for what was right and fair, that I will have risked for that which mattered, and that I will have given help to those who were in need that I will have left the earth a better place for what I've done and who I've been."

Hoppe, C. on achievement
59 fans of this quote   

"Everything without tells the individual that he is nothing; everything within persuades him that he is everything."

Doudan, X. on individuality
3 fans of this quote   

"In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life. It goes on."

Frost, Robert on life
15 fans of this quote   

"The best way out of a difficulty is through it."

Frost, Robert on difficulties
15 fans of this quote   

"Right human relations is the only true peace."

Bailey, Alice A. on peace
9 fans of this quote   

"The man who does not understand your silence will probably not understand your words."

Hubbard, Elbert on silence
5 fans of this quote   

"There are times when silence has the loudest voice."

Brownlow, Leroy on silence
12 fans of this quote   

"What sane person could live in this world and not be crazy?"

LeGuin, Ursula K. on sanity   

"You must not blame me if I do talk to the clouds."

Thoreau, Henry David on eccentricity
20 fans of this quote   

"It is respectable to have no illusions, and safe, and profitable and dull."

Conrad, Joseph on illusion
4 fans of this quote   

"What is the answer? [Silence] In that case, what is the question?"

Stein, Gertrude on famous last words
8 fans of this quote   

"If you hate a person, you hate something in him that is part of yourself. What isn't part of ourselves doesn't disturb us."

Hesse, Hermann on hatred
18 fans of this quote   

"Loving can cost a lot but not loving always costs more, and those who fear to love often find that want of love is an emptiness that robs the joy from life."

Shan, Merle on love
38 fans of this quote   

"Always forgive your enemies -- nothing annoys them so much."

Wilde, Oscar on forgiveness
50 fans of this quote