“Once you lose that sense of wonder at being alive, you're pretty much on the way out.”
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Thoughtful Quotes — page 16 of 303
“When you spend time with your friends, what do you talk about? Those things which made an impression on you that day, that week ... I write stories the same way. Events at home, in school, at work, in the street, these are the bases for a story. Some experiences leave such a deep impression that instead of talking about them at the club I work them into a novel.”
“Whenever you remove any fence, always pause long enough to ask why it was put there in the first place.”
“Don't try to figure out what other people want to hear from you; figure out what you have to say.”
“No man should judge unless he asks himself in absolute honesty whether in a similar situation he might not have done the same.”
“One should always aim at being interesting, rather than exact.”
“When we ask for advice, we are usually looking for an accomplice.”
“That which we can't remember, we will repeat.”
“After all, we are nothing more or less than we choose to reveal.”
“I know it's not clothes that make women beautiful or otherwise, nor beauty care, nor expensive creams, nor the distinction of costliness of their finery. I know the problem lies elsewhere. I don't know where. I only know it isn't where women think.”
“One repays a teacher badly if one always remains nothing but a pupil.”
“Learn to hide your need and show your skill.”
“I have no advice for anybody; except to, you know, be awake enough to see where you are at any given time, and how that is beautiful, and has poetry inside. Even places you hate.”
“Listen first. Give your opponents a chance to talk. Let them finish. Do not resist, defend or debate. This only raises barriers. Try to build bridges of understanding.”
“If it's still in your mind, it is still in your heart.”
“It's easy to remember only the good parts of people if you never see them. Real people are much more complicated.”
“I like friends who have independent minds because they tend to make you see problems from all angles.”
“It never hurts to think too highly of a person; often they become ennobled and act better because of it.”
“We only have so many faces in our pockets”
“Don't read a book and be a follower; read a book and be a student.”