Juan Jose Arreola Quotes

#1. True independence is an illusion; no one matures in a vacuum. We have heroes, we see villains, and ultimately we try to walk the path that's our own, through an ideological valley whose landmarks have already been described and claimed by others.

Nicolas Wilson

#2. Within themists of time an innocent soon becomes an offering to the Gods.........Carole Weave-Lane - The Hidden Parchment.

Carole Weave-Lane

#3. You can never forgive yourself without forgiving others. Forgive others to find and create peace in your soul.

Debasish Mridha

#4. Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.

Oscar Wilde

#5. And yet,' Gamache continued in a pleasant voice, 'isn't that what's often taught in meditation? Not the absence of emotion, or swallowing them, but not allowing them to run the show?

Louise Penny

#6. When we accomplish a goal, it instantly loses some of its importance and we tend to lose interest. When we write down too many goals, there is plenty to keep our subconscious mind at work.

Mark Victor Hansen

#7. The instinctual shortcut that we take when we have "too much information" is to engage with it selectively, picking out the parts we like and ignoring the remainder, making allies with those who have made the same choices and enemies of the rest.

Nate Silver

#8. There are two kinds of folks who sit around thinking about how to kill people: psychopaths and mystery writers.

Richard Castle

#9. Methinks you are my glass, and not my brother: I see by you I am a sweet-faced youth.

William Shakespeare

#10. Focusing on difficulties intensifies and enlarges the problem. When we focus our attention on God, the problem is put into its proper perspective and it no longer overwhelms us.

Charles Stanley

#11. Sometimes its necessary to embrace the magic, to find out what's real in life, and in one's own heart.

Sarah Addison Allen

#12. Earth looked as if some god had attacked it with a welder's torch, slashing away at it and leaving thin trails of incandescence.

Neal Stephenson