Quotes

Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation.

Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.

Our deeds determine us, as much as we determine our deeds.

What do we live for, if it is not to make life less difficult for each other?

It is never too late to be what you might have been.

I shall but love thee better after death.

I love thee freely, as men strive for right; I love thee purely, as they turn from praise.

How do I love thee? Let me count the ways. I love thee to the depth and breadth and height my soul can reach.

He's more myself than I am. Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same.

My love for Heathcliff resembles the eternal rocks beneath: a source of little visible delight, but necessary.

Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same.

Conventionality is not morality. Self-righteousness is not religion.

Do you think, because I am poor, obscure, plain, and little, I am soulless and heartless? You think wrong!

I am no bird; and no net ensnares me; I am a free human being, with an independent will.

Once you learn to read, you will be forever free.

I prayed for freedom for twenty years, but received no answer until I prayed with my legs.

If there is no struggle, there is no progress.

It is justice, not charity, that is wanting in the world.

Taught from infancy that beauty is woman's sceptre, the mind shapes itself to the body, and roaming round its gilt cage, only seeks to adorn its prison.

I do not wish them [women] to have power over men; but over themselves.

You are to be proud of your enemy; then the success of your enemy is your success also.

The tripod that supported the framework of Bushido was said to be Chi, Jin, Yu, respectively Wisdom, Benevolence, and Courage.

A truly brave man is ever serene; he is never taken by surprise; nothing ruffles the equanimity of his spirit.

True happiness comes from making others happy.

We must embrace pain and burn it as fuel for our journey.

Be not defeated by the rain, Nor let the wind prove your better. Succumb not to the snows of winter. Nor be bested by the heat of summer.

With no mind, flowers lure the butterfly; With no mind, the butterfly visits the blossoms. Yet when flowers bloom, the butterfly comes; When the butterfly co…

If someone asks about my abode, I reply: The east edge of the Milky Way. Like a drifting cloud, bound by nothing, I just let go.

My legacy — What will it be? Flowers in spring, The cuckoo in summer, And the crimson maples Of autumn.

A flower falls, even though we love it; and a weed grows, even though we do not love it.