Petralia Sottana Quotes & Sayings

Like dogs in a wheel, birds in a cage, or squirrels in a chain, ambitious men still climb and climb, with great labor, and incessant anxiety, but never reach the top. — Robert Browning

I don't work with fear, and I don't work with actors that are fearful. — Lee Daniels

I do not believe in free will. Schopenhauer's words: 'Man can do what he wants, but he cannot will what he wills,' accompany me in all situations throughout my life and reconcile me with the actions of others, even if they are rather painful to me. This awareness of the lack of free will keeps me from taking myself and my fellow men too seriously as acting and deciding individuals, and from losing my temper. — Albert Einstein

Atheism: the religion devoted to the worship of one's own smug sense of superiority. — Stephen Colbert

India is known for its sobriety and wisdom, balanced and sensible thinking. We need strong institutions and we need good governance in the country. — Pratibha Patil

What matters is not how well you can avoid trouble, but how you cope with trouble when it comes. — Paul Auster

Praise is a very used, but always new, of surrendering to vanity — Jose De Alencar