Flora Langel DeKock > Flora Langel's Quotes

“For some, autumn comes early, stays late through life where October follows September and November touches October and then instead of December and Christ's birth, there is no Bethlehem Star, no rejoicing, but September comes again and old October and so on down the years, with no winter, spring, or revivifying summer. For these beings, fall is the ever normal season, the only weather, there be no choice beyond. Where do they come from? The dust. Where do they go? The grave. Does blood stir their veins? No: the night wind. What ticks in their head? The worm. What speaks from their mouth? The toad. What sees from their eye? The snake. What hears with their ear? The abyss between the stars. They sift the human storm for souls, eat flesh of reason, fill tombs with sinners. They frenzy forth. In gusts they beetle-scurry, creep, thread, filter, motion, make all moons sullen, and surely cloud all clear-run waters. The spider-web hears them, trembles—breaks. Such are the autumn people. Beware of them.”
― Ray Bradbury, Something Wicked This Way Comes

“Be the change that you wish to see in the world.”
― Mahatma Gandhi

“Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.”
― Mahatma Gandhi

“Without music, life would be a mistake.”
― Friedrich Nietzsche, Twilight of the Idols

“Do one thing every day that scares you.”
― Eleanor Roosevelt

“A person's a person, no matter how small.”
― Dr. Seuss, Horton Hears a Who!

“You can't live your life for other people. You've got to do what's right for you, even if it hurts some people you love.”
― Nicholas Sparks, The Notebook

“Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.”
― George Orwell, 1984

“Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.”
― haruki murakami, What I Talk About When I Talk About Running

“In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.”
― Martin Luther King Jr.

“You cannot control the behavior of others, but you can always choose how you respond to it.”
― Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart: Inspirational Thoughts for Living Your Best Life

“I was never really insane except upon occasions when my heart was touched.”
― Edgar Allan Poe

“Let no man pull you so low as to hate him.”
― Martin Luther King Jr., A Knock at Midnight: Inspiration from the Great Sermons of Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr.

“You never fail until you stop trying.”
― Albert Einstein

“The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have any.”
― Alice Walker

“It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.”
― Confucius

“Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it.”
― Confucious

“He who knows all the answers has not been asked all the questions.”
― Confucius

“If you make a mistake and do not correct it, this is called a mistake.”
― Confucius

“Study the past if you would define the future.”
― Confucius

“The funniest people are the saddest ones”
― Confucius

“Silence is a true friend who never betrays.”
― Confucius

“You cannot open a book without learning something.”
― Confucius

“We have two lives, and the second begins when we realize we only have one.”
― Confucius

“Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance.”
― Confucius

“Forget injuries, never forget kindnesses.”
― Confucius

“Without knowing the force of words, it is impossible to know more.”
― Confucius

“Consideration for others is the basis of a good life, a good society.”
― Confucius

“Have no friends not equal to yourself.”
― Confucius

“before you embark on a journey of revenge, dig 2 graves”
― Confucius