Heramb > Heramb's Quotes

“′Classic′ - a book which people praise and don't read.”
― Mark Twain

“For what shall I wield a dagger, O Lord?
What can I pluck it out of,
Or plunge it into,
When you are all the world?”
― Devara Dasimayya

“Fire can burn
but cannot move
Wind can move
but cannot burn
Till fire joins wind
it cannot take a step
Do men know
it's like that
with knowing and doing?

- Devara Dasimayya, poet, 10th Century AD”
― Devara Dasimayya

“Almost always, it's the unexpected that delights us, that takes us by the throat and gives us a good shaking, leaving us gaping in wonder.”
― Ruskin Bond