Sincerae Smith > Sincerae 's Quotes

“Clarity of mind means clarity of passion, too; this is why a great and clear mind loves ardently and sees distinctly what it loves.”
― Blaise Pascal

“Living is no laughing matter:
You must take it seriously.
So much so and to such a degree
that, for example, your hands tied
behind your back,
your back to the wall
or else in a laboratory
in your white coat and safety glasses,
you can die for people –
even for people whose faces you’ve
never seen,
even though you know living
is the most real, most beautiful
thing.
I mean, you must take living so
seriously
that even at seventy, for example, you’ll
plant olive trees –
and not for your children, either,
but because, although you fear death you
don’t believe it,
because living, I mean, weighs heavier.

- "On Living”
― Nazim Hikmet

“When one does not love too much, one does not love enough.”
― Blaise Pascal

“Let's give the world to the children just for one day
like a balloon in bright and striking colours to play with
let them play singing among the stars
let's give the world to the children
like a huge apple like a warm loaf of bread
at least for one day let them have enough
let's give the world to the children
at least for one day let the world learn friendship
children will get the world from our hands
they'll plant immortal trees

- "Let's Give the World to the Children”
― Nazim Hikmet

“The voice of the sea speaks to the soul.”
― Kate Chopin, The Awakening

“If the eye of the heart is open, in each atom there will be one hundred secrets.”
― Attar

“The artist must possess the courageous soul that dares and defies”
― Kate Chopin, The Awakening and Selected Stories

“The bird that would soar above the level plain of tradition and prejudice must have strong wings.”
― Kate Chopin, The Awakening

“One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain.”
― Bob Marley

“Life is one big road with lots of signs. So when you riding through the ruts, don't complicate your mind. Flee from hate, mischief and jealousy. Don't bury your thoughts, put your vision to reality. Wake Up and Live!”
― Bob Marley

“In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.”
― Martin Luther King Jr.

“All the darkness in the world cannot extinguish the light of a single candle.”
― St. Francis Of Assisi, The Little Flowers of St. Francis of Assisi

“Let no man pull you so low as to hate him.”
― Martin Luther King Jr., A Knock at Midnight: Inspiration from the Great Sermons of Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr.

“Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.'”
― Isaac Asimov

“Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.”
― Martin Luther King Jr.

“... a mind needs books as a sword needs a whetstone, if it is to keep its edge.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones

“Intelligence plus character-that is the goal of true education.”
― Martin Luther King Jr.

“The world is divided into men who have wit and no religion and men who have religion and no wit. ”
― AVICENNA

“There comes a time when silence is betrayal.”
― Martin Luther King Jr.

“The difference between genius and stupidity is: genius has its limits.”
― Alexandre Dumas-fils

“I need, therefore I imagine.”
― Carlos Fuentes

“When you are courting a nice girl an hour seems like a second. When you sit on a red-hot cinder a second seems like an hour. That's relativity.”
― Albert Einstein

“You start by writing to live. You end by writing so as not to die.”
― Carlos Fuentes

“I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious.”
― Albert Einstein

“Don't classify me, read me. I'm a writer, not a genre.”
― Carlos Fuentes

“No persons are more frequently wrong, than those who will not admit they are wrong.”
― François de La Rochefoucauld

“Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.”
― Albert Einstein

“The forces that unite us are intrinsic and greater than the superimposed influences that keep us apart.”
― Kwame Nkrumah

“So many books, so little time.”
― Frank Zappa

“The beginning is always today.”
― Mary Wollstonecraft