Tropicos Quotes & Sayings

Today one may pluck out one's very heart and not find it. — Franz Kafka

Creativity needs a bit of untidiness. Make everything too neat and there is no room for experiment. — Charles Handy

There is nothing in history to parallel the influence of Jesus Christ. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

My father, a closet astronomer, has tried to explain black holes to me, how they are so heavy they absorb everything, even light, right into their center. Moments like this are the same kind of vacuum; no matter what you cling to, you wind up being sucked in. — Jodi Picoult

The record, as usual, is not good. But on the other hand it is wonderful. — Caetano Veloso

I am a broken person. And I know exactly where my cracks are and how deep they run. I don't pretend to not be a broken person and therein lies the big difference. Because the truth is, we are all broken in places, but it is those who know exactly where and how they are broken, who also know exactly where and how they are whole! And we may not be whole in all places and in all ways, but we take whatever wholeness that we do have, and we make good of it. And we try hard to work on the broken parts, and we ask for help when we need it. — C. JoyBell C.

Someone once told me the definition of hell; on your last day on earth, the person you could have become will meet the person you became. — Anonymous

A mentor must always guide, never push. It was my job to listen to them, offer my perspective, and encourage them to pursue the ideals they believed to be true. — John Wooden