You will never find that life for which you are looking. When the gods created man they allotted to him death, but life they retained in their own keeping.
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... SAMWISE GAMGEE LORD OF THE RINGS I think if you had someplace to escape to once in a while , it'd help you deal with whatever you're ... CHRIS COLFER THE LAND OF STORIES If in barbed wire things can bloom, why couldn't I? I will not die, I will not die. FRIEDL AND THE CHILDREN OF TEREZIN A fool who thinks that he is a fool is for that very reason a wise man. The fool who thinks that he... SOCIETY FOR THE PROMOTION OF BUDDHISM Was there ever such stuff as great as part of Shakespeare? Only one must not say so! But what think ... GEORGE III OF THE UNITED KINGDOM Born and educated in this country, I glory in the name of Briton. GEORGE III OF THE UNITED KINGDOM For the hopes of men have been justly called waking dreams. SAINT BASIL (BISHOP OF CAESAREA) ("THE GREAT") Religions are born and may die, but superstition in immortal. , THE AGE OF REASON BEGINS, 1950 No person among us deserves any other reward for performing a brave and worthy action, but the cons... JOSEPH BRYANT (THAYENDANEGEA OF THE MOHAWK TRIBE) What is a Man / Woman who does not try and make the World Better? 'KINGDOM OF HEAVEN ' THE MOVIE I still didn’t turn. Instead, I just listened really hard. I couldn’t tell where he was standing... JAYMIN EVE, TRICKERY(CURSE OF THE GODS) Through books we can time travel, play make-believe and even create our own intangible art using the... THE MODERN BOWERBIRD: TALES OF A BOOKSHELF Yeah, that’s what Jeffrey said too. Oh, wait … Jeffrey said something about a Sacred Abil and th... JAYMIN EVE, TRICKERY(CURSE OF THE GODS) This our worldly life is an activity of Nirvana itself; not the slightest distinction exists between... HOUSTON SMITH QUOTING THE PERFECTION OF WISDOM Mass is not proportional to volume. A girl as small as a violet. A girl who moves like a flower peta... KIM IN-YOOK, “THE PHYSICS OF LOVE” For my generation, the bomber jacket is like a replacement for the suit jacket. It's a piece tha... THE WEEKND I'm the most boring person to talk to. THE WEEKND Fish die when they are out of water, and people die without law and order. THE TALMUD He who promises runs in debt. THE TALMUD For me, bomber jackets are smart, but they are also street and have a lot of attitude. THE WEEKND Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not ... THE BIBLE Who is a wise man? He who learns of all men. THE TALMUD Who is wise? One who learns from all. THE TALMUD The end result of wisdom is... good deeds. THE TALMUD Starting a band is the easy part. Once you've formed the band, you have to tell a story, and tha... THE EDGE Join the company of lions rather than assume the lead among foxes. THE TALMUD No labor, however humble, is dishonoring. THE TALMUD If one man says to thee, Thou art a donkey, pay no heed. If two speak thus, purchase a saddle. THE TALMUD Every blade of grass has its angel that bends over it and whispers, grow, grow. THE TALMUD This is the punishment of a liar: he is not believed, even when he speaks the truth. THE TALMUD Prayer carries us half way to God, fasting brings us to the door of His palace, and alms-giving proc... THE KORAN When you teach your son, you teach your son's son. THE TALMUD This is the sum of all -- righteousness. In causing pleasure or in giving pain, in doing good or inj... THE MAHABHARTA The sun will set without thy assistance. THE TALMUD A person will be called to account on Judgment Day for every permissible thing he might have enjoyed... THE TALMUD Thy friend has a friend, and thy friend's friend has a friend; be discreet. THE TALMUD Everyone whose deeds are more than his wisdom, his wisdom endures; and everyone whose wisdom is more... THE TALMUD Loving kindness is greater than laws; and the charities of life are more than all ceremonies. THE TALMUD The deeper the sorrow the less the tongue has it. THE TALMUD A quotation at the right moment is like bread to the famished. THE TALMUD To break an oral agreement which is not legally binding is morally wrong THE TALMUD Man has three friends on whose company he relies. First, wealth - which goes with him only while goo... THE TALMUD Join the company of lions rather than assume the lead among
foxes. THE TALMUD The doctrines of religion are resolved into carefulness;
carefulness into vigorousness; vigorousnes... THE TALMUD Greater even than the pious man is he who eats that which is the fruit of his own toil; for scriptur... THE TALMUD Sin is sweet in the beginning, but bitter in the end. THE TALMUD A wrathful man stirreth up strife: but he that is slow to anger appeaseth strife. THE BIBLE Know Ye not ... that the spirit of God dwelleth within you? THE BIBLE If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before [it hated] you. THE BIBLE Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise: Which having no guide, overseer, or ru... THE BIBLE Surely the serpent will bite without enchantment; and a babbler is no better. The words of a wise ma... THE BIBLE A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver. THE BIBLE Strength and honor are her clothing: and she shall rejoice in time to come. THE BIBLE And we are witnesses of all things which he did both in the land of the Jews, and in Jerusalem; whom... THE BIBLE And they said one to another, Did not our heart burn within us while he talked with us by the way, a... THE BIBLE But Jesus beheld them, and said unto them, With men this is impossible; but with God all things are ... THE BIBLE Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee. THE BIBLE A wise man is strong; yea, a man of knowledge increaseth strength. THE BIBLE Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight! THE BIBLE Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding. For the merchandise of... THE BIBLE When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul; Discretion shall pre... THE BIBLE For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He taketh the wise in their... THE BIBLE The words of wise men are heard in quiet more than the cry of him that ruleth among fools. Wisdom is... THE BIBLE So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding; Yea, if thou cri... THE BIBLE Wisdom is the principle thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding. THE BIBLE Wisdom is better than weapons of war: but one sinner destroyeth much good. THE BIBLE A wise man's heart is at his right hand; but a fool's heart at his left. THE BIBLE There was a little city, and few men within it; and there came a great king against it, and besieged... THE BIBLE And when he was entered into a ship, his disciples followed him. And, behold, there arose a great te... THE BIBLE Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife see t... THE BIBLE He who works his land will have abundant food. THE BIBLE God helps those who persevere. THE KORAN