Karlfried Graf Durckheim Quotes

#1. Even in the middle of a noisy mass of students, one girl's laugh grabbed my attention.

Melissa Darnell

#2. A thousand secrets are hidden in simply sitting still.

Karlfried Graf Durckheim

#3. The book may be garbage, but if it weighs in at a kilo or more, I stand before its author in awe.

Arthur Smith

#4. This understanding floats on the surface of Jija's mind for the rest of the day after Renthree leaves. The truth is beneath the surface, a Leviathan waiting to uncurl, but the waters of his thoughts are placid for now. Denial is powerful.

N.K. Jemisin

#5. There's no damn business like show business - you have to smile to keep from throwing up.

Billie Holiday

#6. A man that hoards up riches and enjoys them not, is like an ass that carries gold and eats thistles.

Richard Burton

#7. All the masters tell us that the reality of life - which our noisy walking consciousness prevents us from hearing - speaks to us chiefly in silence.

Karlfried Graf Durckheim

#8. All things are possible for whoever believes.

Lailah Gifty Akita

#9. (Writers of Earth-invader science fiction, please remember to provide all your aliens with soft grasping hands or tentacles or some other fleshy fat appendages.)

Edward O. Wilson

#10. I know you meant that you would always remember me, Cassia, but I'm afraid you might forget.

Ally Condie

#11. The best teaching I ever experienced was at Exeter. Yale was a distinct letdown afterward.

John Knowles

#12. Don't spoil a good story by telling the truth.

Isabella Stewart Gardner

#13. Belief is not truly belief while doubt can still touch it.

Karlfried Graf Durckheim

#14. It's like you say, I have to do what makes me scared. Or else my world gets so small it'll squash me.

T.E. Woods

#15. When you are on a journey, and the end keeps getting further and further away, then you realize that the real end is the journey.

Karlfried Graf Durckheim

#16. Whatever a guidebook says, wether or not you leave somewhere with a sense of the place is entirely a matter of smell and instinct.

Frances Mayes

#17. For the true student, everything that happens in daily life is a test.

Karlfried Graf Durckheim