"The proverb warns; Don't bite the hand that feeds you. But maybe you should, if it prevents you from feeding yourself."

Szasz, Thomas | Aid and Assistance | 1 bookmarks

"I wear my heart on my sleeve."

Diana, Princess of Wales | Heart | 2 bookmarks

"I don't measure a man's success by how high he climbs but how high he bounces when he hits bottom."

Patton, George S. | Failure | 6 bookmarks

"I do not love you

I do not love you as if you were salt-rose, or topaz,
or the arrow of carnations the fire shoots off.
I love you as certain dark things are to be loved,
in secret, between the shadow and the soul.

I love you as the plant that never blooms
but carries in itself the light of hidden flowers;
thanks to your love a certain solid fragrance,
risen from the earth, lives darkly in my body.

I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where.
I love you straightforwardly, without complexities or pride;
so I love you because I know no other way

that this: where I does not exist, nor you,
so close that your hand on my chest is my hand,
so close that your eyes close as I fall asleep."

Neruda, Pablo | Lovers | 26 bookmarks

"The shepherd always tries to persuade the sheep that their interests and his own are the same."

Stendhal, Henri B. | Leaders and Leadership | 1 bookmarks

"Who digs a pit for others will fall in themselves."

Proverb, German | Conflict | 2 bookmarks

"And still they gazed, and still the wonder grew, that one small head could carry all he knew."

Goldsmith, Oliver | Intelligence and Intellectuals | 2 bookmarks

"The wolf was sick, he vowed a monk to be: But when he got well, a wolf once more was he."

Brower, Walter | Repentance | 2 bookmarks