623 Quotes About Insightful

... you should never fast forward into the future. Because every time you do, you rob yourself of the journey, the present moment, which, in the end is all there really is.

Everyone has a backstory.

That doesn’t seem very traditional,” Harry said mockingly.“A true understanding of tradition means that you deviate from tradition when necessary,” Malcolm said. “Tradition is inherited wisdom, not random, arbitrary laws.

It was the anonymity. He wanted to be unknown, unpossessed by others' knowledge of him. That was freedom.

Would there be no end to publishing, he wondered? Perhaps it would be a good idea if everyone just stopped writing for a couple of years, and allowed readers to catch up.

i am nothing but a mosaic of the people i’ve met & the things they’ve carried.

Books can be mirrors, too, offering a reflection of our worst selves for appraisal; lessons tucked between the pages, just waiting to be learned.

People are mirrors - they don't see you how you see yourself

Reading will strengthen your expression. Words have power. Learn them and that power becomes you.