They deem me mad because I will not sell my days for gold; and I deem them mad because they think my days have a price.
Life without love is like a tree without blossoms or fruit.
- Topic: Life, Love
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Work is love made visible.
The optimist sees the rose and not its thorns; the pessimist stares at the thorns, oblivious of the rose.
A little knowledge that acts is worth infinitely more than much knowledge that is idle.
Tenderness and kindness are not signs of weakness and despair, but manifestations of strength and resolution.
Trust in dreams, for in them is hidden the gate to eternity.
A thief is a man in need. A liar is a man in fear.
When you are joyous, look deep into your heart and you shall find it is only that which has given you sorrow that is giving you joy.
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The truth is always exciting. Speak it, then. Life is dull without it.
Most men die at 27, we just bury them at 72.
They deem me mad because I will not sell my days for gold; and I deem them mad because they think my days have a price.
Reality doesn't go away when it is ignored.
I drink to make other people more interesting.
Be at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let every new year find you a better man.
Here must all distrust be left behind; all cowardice must be ended.
If I had to define life in a word, it would be: Life is creation.
Lord, make me an instrument of Your peace. Where there is hatred let me sow love; where there is injury, pardon; where there is doubt, faith; where there is despair, hope; where there is darkness, light; and where there is sadness, joy.
To love and win is the best thing. To love and lose, the next best.
It never ceases to amaze me: We all love ourselves more than other people, but care more about their opinion than our own.
One beautiful heart is better than a thousand beautiful faces.
From this arises the question whether it is better to be loved rather than feared, or feared rather than loved. It might perhaps be answered that we should wish to be both: but since love and fear can hardly exist together, if we must choose between them, it is far safer to be feared than loved.
I’m fascinated with myself and love hearing the sound of my own voice. I’d like to hear what I have to say. A lot of people don’t like being alone because they truly don’t like themselves, but I love me.
Between what is said and not meant, and what is meant and not said, most of love is lost.
To love or have loved, that is enough. Ask nothing further. There is no other pearl of be found in the dark folds of life.
To feel the love of people whom we love is a fire that feeds our life.
You must love in such a way that the person you love feels free.
