Quotes about "Life Wisdom"

A surprising number of people - including many students of literature - will tell you they haven't really lived in a book since they were children. Sadly, being taught literature often destroys the life of the books. ”

Books that change you, even later in life, give you a kind of electrical shock as the world takes a different shape. ”

We talk about feelings. And about sex. And about bodies, and their gratification, violation, repair, decoration, deferred, maybe permanently deferred, mortality. Feelings are a bodily thing, and respecting them is called, is, kindness. ”

Success comes to those who dedicate everything to their passion in life. To be successful, it is also very important to be humble and never let fame or money travel to your head. ”

After a point of time, when you get success and fame, money and everything, the purpose of life has to be redefined. For me, I think that purpose is to build bridges. Artists can do that very easily, more than politicians. ”

I'm continuing to learn more about music - it's an ocean, and you can never really say that you know everything. I'm grateful that I'm still living and making music among the greats. ”

Once every five hundred years or so, a summary statement about poetry comes along that we can't imagine ourselves living without. ”

One lesson that every nation can learn from China is to focus more on creating village-level enterprises, quality health services and educational facilities. ”

The purpose of education is to make good human beings with skill and expertise... Enlightened human beings can be created by teachers. ”

We have not invaded anyone. We have not conquered anyone. We have not grabbed their land, their culture, their history and tried to enforce our way of life on them. ”