Quotations: Ultimate Collection for the 21st Century

by Jean Epstein

"This collection maybe your wisest buck ever spent. A book for the ages" 

There are times when we find solace in words well-spoken, and a dash of wisdom and extra motivation will only make it better. This, dear reader, is an ultimate collection of quotations and literary gems curated over a period of 3 years - featuring philosophers, authors, entrepreneurs, poets, arstists, sportspersons, designers, etc. Also featured in this collection are gems from the 'most quotable author you've never heard of' -- Muriel Strode.

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Sneak Peek into some of the favourites:

The wisest one-word sentence? Breathe. ~ Terri Guillemets 

Alice laughed. "There's no use trying," she said: "one can't believe impossible things."

"I daresay you haven't had much practice," said the Queen. "When I was your age, I always did it for half-an-hour a day. Why, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast."

~Lewis Carroll

Come, come! Let us go to breakfast. The morning air has given me a rude appetite. I long to say grace over a fresh egg... ~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

You are only as beautiful as your last action. ~Stephen Richards

I have set out to come upon a new me, to open to the things that have long beat with their insistence at my door. I do not wish to surpass anyone or anything. I pray only to outgrow myself in emancipation and consciousness. I stipulate nothing, save that I grow. I know the price and I will pay. ~Muriel Strode

Equipped with his five senses, man explores the universe around him and calls the adventure Science. ~ Edwin Powell Hubble

I met a lot of people in Europe. I even encountered myself. ~James Baldwin

Learn how to exhale, the inhale will take care of itself. ~ Carla Melucci Ardito

God is a comedian playing to an audience too afraid to laugh. ~ Voltaire

No two persons ever read the same book. ~Edmund Wilson

What we need is more people who specialize in the impossible. ~Theodore Roethke

By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest. ~Confucius

How long should you try? Until. ~Jim Rohn

If you lend someone $20, and never see that person again, it was probably worth it. ~Unknown

It was love at first sight, at last sight, at ever and ever sight.~ Vladimir Nabokov

Live in rooms full of light. Avoid heavy food. Be moderate in the drinking of wine. Take massage, baths, exercise, and gymnastics. Fight insomnia with gentle rocking or the sound of running water. Change surroundings and take long journeys. Strictly avoid frightening ideas. Indulge in cheerful conversation and amusements. Listen to music. ~A. Cornelius Celsus

419 pages, Kindle Edition

Published December 8, 2017

About the author

Jean Epstein (March 25, 1897 – April 2, 1953) was a French filmmaker, film theorist, literary critic, and novelist.