Michael > Michael's Quotes

“Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.”
― Aristotle

“What is a friend? A single soul dwelling in two bodies.”
― Aristotle

“Happiness depends upon ourselves.”
― Aristotle

“To perceive is to suffer.”
― Aristotle

“Anybody can become angry — that is easy, but to be angry with the right person and to the right degree and at the right time and for the right purpose, and in the right way — that is not within everybody's power and is not easy.”
― Aristotle

“Insanity is doing the same thing, over and over again, but expecting different results.”
― Narcotics Anonymous

“If you don't get what you want, you suffer; if you get what you don't want, you suffer; even when you get exactly what you want, you still suffer because you can't hold on to it forever. Your mind is your predicament. It wants to be free of change. Free of pain, free of the obligations of life and death. But change is law and no amount of pretending will alter that reality.”
― Socrates

“If you want to be a writer-stop talking about it and sit down and write!”
― Jackie Collins