205 quotes found
“Everyone who tells a story tells it differently, just to remind us that everybody sees it differently.”
“Unfortunately in this world of ours, each person views things through a certain medium, which prevents his seeing them in the same light as others”
“The solitary speaks."One receives as a reward for much ennui , ill-humour and boredom, such as a solitude without friends, books, duties or passions must entail, one harvests those quarters of an h...”
“I kept trying to tell people that just because I was young didn't mean I could speak for all young people.”
“We are sun and moon, dear friend; we are sea and land. It is not our purpose to become each other; it is to recognize each other, to learn to see the other and honor him for what he is: each the ot...”
“The ultimate truth is that we are individuals who can choose to respect ourselves, and others, with or without regard to bloodline, wealth, tribe, or community.”
“So if you have to live amongst men, you must allow everyone the right to exist in accordance with the character he has, whatever it turns out to be: and all you should strive to do is to make use o...”
“They thought that it would be a disgrace to go forth as a group. Each entered the forest at a point that he himself had chosen, where it was darkest and there was no path. If there is a path it is ...”
“If you Surrender to temptation thenweak is your soul, for you like grassthat alows the wind to be its "controlfreak". A strong soul knows what itwants and adheres to its principles likea tree that ...”
“There could be something wrong with me because I see Negroes neither better nor worse than any other race. Race pride is a luxury I cannot afford. There are too many implications bend the term. Now...”
“Who could be like him? Who could ever be like you? Each of us has his path. They run close together sometimesfor life, if we are fortunatebut they never cross.”
“Personality rise as comparison dies.”
“As you grow wiser, so does your personality.”
“How come you're so different, I asked once, as we sat in the shade of the pine tree. Yukiko's answer, a sentence learned by heart: Because I fell from a star.”
“Being a housewife and a mother is the biggest job in the world, but if it doesn't interest you, don't do it - I would have made a terrible mother.”
“You are so busy being YOU that you have no idea how utterly unprecedented you are.”
“Remember to always be yourself. Unless you suck.”
“The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the pri...”
“In order to be irreplaceacle, one must always be different.”
“The things that make me different are the things that make me.”
