Hojoki Quotes & Sayings

Those who love to be feared fear to be loved. — Francis De Sales

Men of means have much to fear. Those with none know only bitterness. If you entrust yourself to the care of others you will be owned by them. If you care for others you will be enslaved by your own solicitude. If you conform to the world it will bind you hand and foot. If you do not, then it will think you mad. And so the question, where should we live? And how? Where to find a place to rest a while? And how to bring even short-lived peace to our hearts? — Kamo No Chomei

A doubtful throne is ice on summer seas. — Alfred Lord Tennyson

Most marriages recognize this paradox: Passion destroys passion; we want what puts an end to wanting what we want. — John Fowles

A missionary deals with all the important people of the community, but he is never really one of them. — Henry R. Luce

I've never had a huge collection of records; I've never been a beat digga. — El-P

I like expansive stuff that has a lot of space in it, like some of the early Pink Floyd albums. — Steven Price

Everything is possible in life only if you put a little extra effort". — Abdulazeez Henry Musa

The secret to teamwork is an outward mindset. — Steve Young

She knew of a scribe dressed all in white who penned letters to the dead (and delivered them), and an old storyteller who sold ideas to writers at the price of a year of their lives. Karou had seen tourists laugh as they signed his contract, not believing it for a second, but she believed it. Hadn't she seen stranger things? — Laini Taylor

I will be satisfied if the federation of secret law, unequal pardon and irresistible executive powers that rule the world that I love are revealed even for an instant. — Edward Snowden