Laozi Facts Quotes & Sayings

The New York Times, whose editorial department sounds like Cotton Mather rewriting Eleanor Roosevelt ... — William F. Buckley Jr.

I always think first about the nature of the story. When I had the idea for 'The Namesake,' I felt that it had to be a novel - it couldn't work as a story. — Jhumpa Lahiri

Live. For Now. For the time being. — Ruth Ozeki

I came to writing because I joined the North Clare Writers' Workshop, which met every week at Ennistymon Library. — Kate Thompson

The world is full of unrequited love,' I said finally.
'You and Patrick having problems?' Dad said, reaching around to get the butter out of the fridge.
'No, I was just wondering what you would say if I was a lesbian.'
'Come again?' said Lester. 'I'm having a hard time following this conversation. — Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

Icy fingers walked down my spine, and I realized I was trembling. I wanted this to stop. Wanted Jas to stop before he made this whole situation a million times worse, but I couldn't speak. — Sofia Grey

That the soft overcomes the hard, and the yielding overcomes the resistant, is a fact known by all, but practiced by few. — Laozi

Truly barren is a secular education. It is always in labor, but never gives birth. — Gregory Of Nyssa

My witness is the empty sky.
My reward is the perfect blue sky at dawn in the desert in a bird-resounding riverbottom grove. — Jack Kerouac

I read 'Treasure Island' for the first time at university. And I started to notice then how unresolved some things were. Later, I realised that Stevenson was interested in sequels, and I wondered whether he would have gone back to it had he lived longer. — Andrew Motion

If you would listen, sir, in the sense of being aware of your conflicts and contradictions without forcing them into any particular pattern of thought, perhaps they might altogether cease. — Jiddu Krishnamurti

If you dig a hole and it's in the wrong place, digging it deeper isn't going to help. — Seymour Chwast

Power is the ability to make someone do what they otherwise wouldn't, or deter them from doing what they otherwise would. — David Mitchell