Death is the mother of beauty. Only the perishable can be beautiful, which is why we are unmoved by artificial flowers.
-Wallace Stevens
Death is the mother of beauty. Only the perishable can be beautiful, which is why we are unmoved by artificial flowers.
-Wallace Stevens
The heart of a fool is in his mouth, but the mouth of a wise man is in his heart.
-Benjamin Franklin
A painter paints his pictures on canvas. But musicians paint their pictures on silence.
-Leopold Stokowski
Do not dwell in the past; do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.
-Gautama Buddha
Solitude is fine but you need someone to tellyou that solitude is fine.
-Honoré De Balzac
Crime and punishment grow out of one stem. Punishment is a fruit that, unsuspected, ripens with the flower of the pleasure that concealed it.
If there was nothing wrong in the world there wouldn't be anything for us to do.
-George Bernard Shaw
Words can confer strength; they can drain it off; Words can gain friends; they can turn them into enemies; words can elevate or lower the individual. One must learn the habit of making one’s words sweet, soft, and pleasant.
No matter how grave a problem you are stuck in, to resolve it you must know the
difference between 'thinking' and 'worrying'. Reflecting upon it, however complex
a problem may be, it soon gets solved; whereas worrying about the problem,
you are consumed by it.
-Deep Trivedi