Chofor Quotes & Sayings

Flattery is like a painted armor; only for show. — Socrates

In a living civilization there is always an element of unrest, for sensitiveness to ideas means curiosity, adventure, change. Civilized order survives on its merits and is transformed by its power of recognizing its imperfections. — Alfred North Whitehead

This feeling is not unlike the sinking in one's stomach when one is in an elevator that suddenly goes down, or when you are snug in your bed and your closet door suddenly creaks open to reveal the person who has been hiding there. — Lemony Snicket

Only courageous hearts can endure the bitterness of truth. — Michael Bassey Johnson

Nobility of character manifests itself at loop-holes when it is not provided with large doors. — Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman

When we truly allow ourselves to feel our own pain, over time it comes to seem less personal. We start to recognize that what we've perceived as our pain is, at a deeper level, the pain inherent in human existence. — Sharon Salzberg

Valor would cease to be a virtue, if there were no injustice. — Agesilaus II

I have to tell you, I live paycheck to paycheck like most Americans. It's very difficult for me to say, 'Hey, I can give up my paycheck,' because the reality is, I have financial obligations that I have to meet on a month-to-month basis that doesn't make it possible for me. — Linda Sanchez

I often think of the novel as a form that celebrates social groups, and the short story being a form that is capable of celebrating an individual or a sort of insular little pair of people. — Antonya Nelson

We all have scars and ghosts of our own. Some drove us to the Scarlet Guard, and some were because of it. I know the sting of both. — Victoria Aveyard

There is no bullet-proof vest in my size. — Ariel Sharon