Maailman Suurin Quotes & Sayings

Love is the answer, said the songs, and that's OK. It was OK, I supposed, as an answer. But no more than that. It was not a solution; it wasn't really even an answer, just a reply. — Lorrie Moore

The national school is not a lecture hall or a library. Its schooling consists chiefly in experimental collective action aimed at the realization of a collective purpose. — Herbert Croly

Friendship may sometimes step a few paces in advance of truth. — Walter Savage Landor

Government is the exercise of all the great qualities of the human mind. — Edmund Burke

Take time to be bored. One time I heard a coworker say, When I get busy, I get stupid. — Austin Kleon

An innate gift and a certain amount of intelligence are important, but what really pays is ordinary experience. — Malcolm Gladwell

When I say Afro-American aesthetic, I'm not just talking about the United States, I'm talking about the Americas. People in the Latin countries read my books because they share the same international aesthetic that I'm into and have been into for a long time. And it's multicultural. — Ishmael Reed

The gears of life had moved ahead a notch with a loud ker-chunk, and Junpei knew that they would never turn back again. — Haruki Murakami

The family came in to select the arrangements they wanted. The woman whose husband had died was struggling dearly to keep her voice intact long enough to place the order. It wasn't long before she broke down.
Wendy didn't say a word. She moved from behind the counter to find a chair for the woman. She eased her into it. She sat beside her and let her cry. Quiet, not speaking. She brought tissues when the moment asked for it.
The woman's crying slowly came to a stop. She wiped her eyes, and she looked at Wendy. And she smiled. Just a little one. And she said, "Thank you. — Christian Millman

Do not ever say that the desire to "do good" by force is a good motive. Neither power-lust nor stupidity are good motives. — Ayn Rand

Whate'er is born of mortal birth Must be consumed with the earth, — William Blake