Great - Quotes
They say that good things take time but really great things happen in a blink of an eye.
We humans have two great problems: the first is knowing when to begin; the second is knowing when to stop.
The sound of a kiss is not so loud as that of a cannon, but its echo lasts a great deal longer.
The world is as delicate and as complicated as a spider`s web, and like a spider`s web, if you touch one thread, you send shudders running through all the other threads that make up the web. But we`re not just touching the web, we`re tearing great holes in it.
You think the dead we loved ever truly leave us? You think that we don't recall them more clearly than ever in times of great trouble? Your father is alive in you, [...] and shows himself most plainly when you have need of him.
Collective thinking is usually short-lived. We`re fickle, stupid beings with poor memories and a great gift for self-destruction.
Like all great travellers, [...] I have seen more than I remember, and remember more than I have seen.
Have courage for the great sorrows of life and patience for the small ones; and when you have laboriously accomplished your daily task, go to sleep in peace.
Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.
One of the great tragedies of mankind is that morality has been hijacked by religion. So now people assume that religion and morality have a necessary connection. But the basis of morality is really very simple and doesn`t require religion at all.
I love Christmas. The lights, trees, music, the whole spiritual season makes me feel great.