Wisdom Lines Hub

  Two Wrongs Don't Make a Right   “I refuse to answer that question on the grounds that I don't know the answer” ― Douglas Adams   “Never memorize something that you can look up.” ― Albert Einstein   “Is it true that you shouted at Professor Umbridge?" "Yes." "You called her a liar?" "Yes." "You told her He Who Must Not Be Named is back?" "Yes." "Have a biscuit, Potter.” ― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix   “Mr. Moony presents his compliments to Professor Snape, and begs him to keep his abnormally large nose out of other people's business. Mr. Prongs agrees with Mr. Moony, and would like to add that Professor Snape is an ugly git. Mr. Padfoot would like to register his astonishment that an idiot like that ever became a professor. Mr. Wormtail bids Professor Snape good day, and advises him to wash his hair, the slimeball.” ― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter an...

  The Statistics on Sanity   “Reality continues to ruin my life.” ― Bill Watterson, The Complete Calvin and Hobbes   “Go to heaven for the climate and hell for the company.” ― Benjamin Franklin Wade   “The reason I talk to myself is because I’m the only one whose answers I accept.” ― George Carlin   “I am free of all prejudice. I hate everyone equally.” ― W.C. Fields   “I love mankind ... it's people I can't stand!!” ― Charles M. Schulz   “A lady's imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony in a moment.” ― Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice   “Remember, we're madly in love, so it's all right to kiss me anytime you feel like it.” ― Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games   “It’s no use going back to yesterday, because I was a different person then.” ― Lewis Carroll   “Be nice to nerds. You may end up working for them. We all could.” ― Charles J. Sykes, Du...

  Two Things are Infinite   “So many books, so little time.” ― Frank Zappa   “Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.” ― Albert Einstein   “You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.” ― Mae West   “Insanity is doing the same thing, over and over again, but expecting different results.” ― Narcotics Anonymous   “The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.” ― Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey   “Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read.” ― Groucho Marx, The Essential Groucho: Writings For By And About Groucho Marx   “A day without sunshine is like, you know, night.” ― Steve Martin   “Never put off till tomorrow what may be done day after tomorrow just as well.” ― Mark Twain   “I love deadlines. I love the whooshing noise t...

  Don't be Afraid of Death   “Don't be afraid of death; be afraid of an unlived life. You don't have to live forever, you just have to live.” ― Natalie Babbitt, Tuck Everlasting   “I'm sure the universe is full of intelligent life. It's just been too intelligent to come here.” ― Arthur C. Clarke   “Great things happen to those who don't stop believing, trying, learning, and being grateful.” ― Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart   “Never lose hope. Storms make people stronger and never last forever.” ― Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart   “Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone you may still exist, but you have ceased to live.” ― Mark Twain   “Don't waste your time with explanations: people only hear what they want to hear.” ― Paulo Coelho   “Don't you think it's better to be extremely happy for a short while, even if you lose it, than to be just okay for your whole life?” ― Audrey Niffene...

  Believe in Your Heart   “Believe in Your Heart Believe in your heart that you're meant to live a life full of passion, purpose, magic and miracles.” ― Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart   “No matter how much suffering you went through, you never wanted to let go of those memories.” ― haruki murakami   “Life is to be enjoyed, not endured” ― Gordon B. Hinckley   “Follow your heart, listen to your inner voice, stop caring about what others think.” ― Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart   “This is your life and its ending one moment at a time.” ― Chuck Palahniuk, Fight Club   “No amount of regretting can change the past, and no amount of worrying can change the future.” ― Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart   “Don't say you don't have enough time. You have exactly the same number of hours per day that were given to Helen Keller, Pasteur, Michelangelo, Mother Teresa, Leonardo da Vinci, Thomas Jefferson...

  Live to the Point of Tears   1 “Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them.” ― Marcus Aurelius, Meditations   2 “The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him.” ― G.K. Chesterton   3 “People aren't born good or bad. Maybe they're born with tendencies either way, but its the way you live your life that matters.” ― Cassandra Clare, City of Glass   4 “Do I not destroy my enemies when I make them my friends?” ― Abraham Lincoln   5 “For me, trees have always been the most penetrating preachers. I revere them when they live in tribes and families, in forests and groves. And even more I revere them when they stand alone. They are like lonely persons. Not like hermits who have stolen away out of some weakness, but like great, solitary men, like Beethoven and Nietzsche. In their highest boughs the world rustles, their roots rest...