1022 Quotes & Sayings

At the evening of life, we shall be judged on our love (CCC 1022; by St. John of the Cross) — San Juan De La Cruz

It really takes an effort to appear stupider than you are. — Muriel Barbery

By such accident of the human mind, war, trade, and history are shaped. The — Barbara W. Tuchman

She would die faking her death. All she could think about was how much Marius would laugh at her funeral. — Emma Clifton

And yet, it's the last place on earth the average person will turn to for help. You know why? You know why people don't automatically turn their own vast mental resources on when faced with a problem? It's because they never learned how to think. Most people will go to any length to avoid thinking when they're faced with a problem. They will ask advice from the most illogical people, usually people who don't know any more than they do: next-door neighbors, members of their families, and friends stuck in the same mental traps that they are. Very few of them use the muscles of their mind to solve their problems. — Earl Nightingale

We need to treat each other with consideration. In my world, the squeaky wheel does not get the grease. — Tim Gunn

When you went away, you left me nothing but the sun-bleached world. You did not even leave me a heart to bleed with. I found I was standing there with no body, and so no voice for calling you. — Helene Cixous