All Quotes By Tag: Life-lessons

“Not knowing is not a problem, not wondering is.”

“فقد الحيرة يفقدنا المساواة والمساواة تفقدنا العدالة و غياب العدالة يؤدي الى السقوط الأخلاقي و تغليب القوة.”

“In this sad world of ours, sorrow comes to all; and, to the young, it comes with bitterest agony, because it takes them unawares. The older have learned to ever expect it. I am anxious to afford some alleviation of your present distress. Perfect relief is not possible, except with time. You can not now realize that you will ever feel better. Is not this so? And yet it is a mistake. You are sure to be happy again. To know this, which is certainly true, will make you some less miserable now. I have had experience enough to know what I say; and you need only to believe it, to feel better at once.”

“Every relationship that has hit a crossroads has asked, “What is it that you want from me?”

“The wishbone will never replace the backbone”

“A thousand words will not leave so deep an impression as one deed.”

“You can’t really yell at your boyfriend for stealing your seat and your best friend. You also can’t yell at your best friend for stealing your boyfriend. Or you can…but Hi seemed like a much easier way to start the morning.”

“(…)best of luck, avoid roasted cabbage, don’t eat earwax, and look on the bright side of life!”

“Whatever you think the world is withholding from you, you are withholding from the world.”

“In the life of everyone there is a limited number of experiences which are not written upon the memory, but stamped there with a die; and in the long years after, they can be called up in detail, and every emotion that was stirred by them can be lived through anew; these are the tragedies of life.”

“Hukum karma pasti berlaku, Boi,” kata Paman dengan serius. “Maka jangan kau nakal dan jahat, ya. Nanti kau kena hukum karma.” Aku mengangguk angguk dengan takzim. Kusimpan benar pelajaran itu.”

“The past is called the past for a reason. If you are constantly looking behind you, your eyes aren’t on the road ahead. You don’t drive the car that way, so why should you live your life that way?”

“Humanity is a cage, and our puritanical sensibilities comprise the bars. We are confined by our own reason and intellect, and yet most of us don’t even know it.”

“The one serious conviction that a man should have is that nothing is to be taken too seriously.”

“It is nobler to declare oneself wrong than to insist on being right –especially when one is right.”