Quotes of Paul Valery

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The folly of mistaking a paradox for a discovery, a metaphor for a proof, a torrent of verbiage for a spring of capital truths, and oneself for an oracle, is inborn in us.

- Paul Valery

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“ And these aches in my heart create poetry! ”

- Avijeet Das

“ Choose being kind over being right, and you’ll be right every time. ”

- Richard Carlson

“ Drunk and alone and hopelessly in love with the idea that someday somehow it might just get better. ”

- Stefanie Sybens

“ The brain is a wonderful organ. It starts working the moment you get up in the morning and does not stop until you get into the office. ”

- Robert Frost

“ I will not let anyone walk through my mind with their dirty feet. ”

- Mahatma Gandhi

“ Dreams come true. Without that possibility, nature would not incite us to have them. ”

- John Updike

“ When you know my love, my love will warm you. ”

- Ruby Dee

“ How many slams in an old screen door? Depends how loud you shut it. How many slices in a bread? Depends how thin you cut it. How much good inside a day? Depends how good you live 'em. How much love inside a friend? Depends how much you give 'em. ”

- Shel Silverstein

“ Love brings to light a lover's noble and hidden qualitieshis rare and exceptional traits: it is thus liable to be deceptive of his normal qualities. ”

- Friedrich Nietzsche

“ Being love rather than giving or taking love, is the only thing that provides stability. ”

- Ram Dass

“ The past can't hurt you anymore. Not unless you let it. They made you into a victim, Evey. They made you into a statistic. But, that's not the real you. That's not who you are inside. ”

- Alan Moore

“ How can I put the Auras back in the chest?” I asked, terror boiling inside my stomach. “You can’t. Not if those that were or will be struck by them won’t be eager to express their feelings and let you help them. You do not change people, dearie. It’s the people that change themselves. You’re the Guardian, but they’re the bearers,” the Oracle whispered. “I’m no Guardian. I’m doomed!” I said and I knew that this was true. ”

- Victoria Moschou

“ Give the ones you love wings to fly, roots to come back and reasons to stay. ”

- Dalai Lama XIV

“ With every rising of the sun, think of your life as just begun. ”

- Unknown

“ You left the same way you: with 6 duffle bags and your heart intact. ”

- Gandhi

“ I think romantic love evolved to enable you to focus your mating energy on just one individual at a time, thereby conserving mating time and energy. ”

- Helen Fisher

“ Legacy is greater than currency ”

- Gary Vaynerchuk

“ You can't stop dreaming just because the night never seems to end. ”

- Curtis Tyrone Jones

“ Success is not how high you have climbed, but how you make a positive difference to the world. ”

- Roy T. Bennett

“ As an African elite, look within and ask, what can I do to change the present African narratives? What niche can I carve and do my uncompromising best to lift this continent? For my sake and for the sake of my children Jumoke Odepe ”

- Jumoke Odepe

“ Many, many readers have written asking me wistfully about the nature of Sam and Grace's relationship, and I can assure you, that sort is absolutely real. Mutual, respectful, enduring love is completely attainable as long as you swear you won't settle for less. ”

- Maggie Stiefvater

“ I love you and it’s getting worse. ”

- Joseph E. Morris

“ Do your duty and a little more and the future will take care of itself. ”

- Andrew Carnegie