Eclectic Quotables

"The less you eat, drink and read books; the less you go to the theatre, the dance hall, the public house; the less you think, love, theorize, sing, paint, fence, etc., the more you save-the greater becomes your treasure which neither moths nor dust will devour - your capital. The less you are, the more you have; the less you express your own life, the greater is your alienated life-the greater is the store of your estranged being." - Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels

“There is only one map to the journey of life and it lives within your heart.” – Willie Nelson

"I get knocked down, but I get up again. You're never gonna keep me down." - Chumbawumba, Tubthumping

“The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now.” – Chinese Proverb

"Instead of seeing what they want you to see, you gotta open your brains to the possibilities." — Bumi, Avatar: The Last Airbender

"Do one thing every day that scares you." - Eleanor Roosevelt

"I will not pretend I wasn't petrified. I was. But mixed in with the awful fear was a glorious feeling of excitement. Most of the really exciting things we do in our lives scare us to death. They wouldn't be exciting if they didn't." – Roald Dahl, Danny the Champion of the World

"The best way to find out if you can trust somebody is to trust them." - Ernest Hemingway

"It does not matter how long you are spending on the earth, how much money you have gathered or how much attention you have received. It is the amount of positive vibration you have radiated in life that matters." - Amit Ray

"The saddest aspect of life right now is that science fiction gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom." - Isaac Asimov

"Never forget, pain is just a temporary guest. You must never let it make a home out of you." - F. E. Marie

"An evil man will burn his own nation to the ground to rule over the ashes.” - 孫子 (Sun Tzu)

“It is the small things, everyday deeds of ordinary folk that keeps the darkness at bay. Simple acts of love and kindness.” - Gandalf, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

"Individual science fiction stories may seem as trivial as ever to the blinder critics and philosophers of today - but the core of science fiction, its essence has become crucial to our salvation if we are to be saved at all." - Isaac Asimov