Literaturas Antiguas Quotes & Sayings

I'm not a liar, sir,' she said.
'No, I'm sure you sincerely become whatever it is you're pretending to be. — Orson Scott Card

Science and technology have been embarrassed by two world wars, many smaller ones, and the spread of weapons that could destroy humanity. As a result, there is some loss of confidence in the great achievements of technology. — Thomas Keating

Man, the rational animal, can put up with anything except what seems to him irrational; whatever is rational is tolerable. — Epictetus

There was, for example, the theory that A'Tuin had come from nowhere and would continue at a uniform crawl, or steady gait, into nowhere, for all time. This theory was popular among academics. — Terry Pratchett

There are many premium writers, yes? Tolstoy, yes? He wrote War, and also Peace, which are both premium books. — Jonathan Safran Foer

I wouldn't argue that anyone living can play the trumpet better than Wynton Marsalis. — Christian Scott

there was nothing to explain what he felt was happening to him, that he'd been put into a transparent plastic capsule that rose off the ground and was tossed and blown and shaken so fiercely that he could not possibly find his way back to the quotidian pleasures of his past life. Desperately, he did not want this. — Elizabeth Strout

I figured a woman can't be understood the way a man can. Women have purposes men can't even imagine. — Craig Davidson

A man who marries a woman to educate her falls victim to the same fallacy as the woman who marries a man to reform him. — Elbert Hubbard

As long as we have practiced neither concentration nor mindfulness, the ego takes itself for granted and remains its usual normal size, as big as the people around one will allow. — Ayya Khema

Compassionate action emerges from the sense of openness, connectedness, and discernment you have created. — Joan Halifax

We should decriminalize all drugs. The assumptions on which our drug policies are based are flawed. — Carl Hart

15. In war, practice dissimulation, and you will succeed. — Sun Tzu

As adults, we can develop and change our opinions. In childhood, we establish the truth of our hearts. — Sherry Turkle