The wise know much, but pretend to know little; the ignorant know little, but pretend to know much; and the foolish know nothing, but pretend to know all.
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Matshona Dhliwayo
The human heart will never wrinkle.
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Anonymous
Be like the date that grows sweeter and sweeter , even though the soil that nourishes it is rocky and harsh
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Anita Amirrezvani
Within Siddhartha there slowly grew and ripened the knowledge of what wisdom really was and the goal of his long seeking. It was nothing but a preparation of the soul, a capacity, a secret art of thinking, feeling and breathing thoughts of unity at every...
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Hermann Hesse
Big secrets were catastrophic. However hard you try to hide them, they bob to the surface and you must go over them again and again. They are taken out so often they become worn smooth as a river stone. You have to carry them around...
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Karen Foxlee
More Quotes By Anthony Marais
Proximity to reality induces feelings of emptiness, horror and depression. Do not approach it alone.
We cannot escape the longing, no matter what life we choose. We’re either longing for people, places or times gone by, which are essentially the same things: memories. And, whether or not we travel, the older we get, the more memories we collect. Nostalgia is...
Literature is the product of a deep-seated need for honesty. Hence, those who lie most are struck most deeply by it, and those who are honest have no need for it.
We are not born with a need for knowledge, but a hunger for it. Eve bit the apple and it has been gluttony ever since.
It is said that the depressive has a clearer view of reality than does the euphoric. Perhaps, but the euphoric has a clearer view of life.
