“There are many degrees of madness. Philosophy, Psychology, and Literature are to name but a few.”— Yahia Lababidi, amazon.com
“We think we understand the rules when we become adults, but what we really experience is a narrowing of the imagination.”— David Lynch, thecityofabsurdity.com
“He in his madness prays for storms, and dreams that storms will bring him peace.”— Mikhail Lermontov, amazon.com
“Among other things, you’ll find that you’re not the first person who was ever confused and frightened and even sickened by human behavior. You’re by no means alone on that score, you’ll be excited and stimulated to know. Many, many [people] have been just as troubled morally and spiritually as you a…”— J. D. Salinger, amazon.com
“This is how you read a novel: you inhale the experience. So start breathing.”— Azar Nafisi, amazon.com
“All the knowledge I possess everyone else can acquire, but my heart is all my own.”— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, amazon.com
“We don't really learn anything properly until there is a problem, until we are in pain, until something fails to go as we had hoped ... We suffer, therefore we think.”— Alain de Botton, amazon.com
“And there is still a lot to learn and there is always great stuff out there. Even mistakes can be wonderful.”— Robin Williams, tumblr.com
“All your questions can be answered, if that is what you want. But once you learn your answers, you can never unlearn them.”— Neil Gaiman, amazon.com
“I think it’s foolish for people to want to be happy. Happy is so momentary—you’re happy for an instant and then you start thinking again. Interest is the most important thing in life. Happiness is temporary, but interest is continuous.”— Georgia O’Keeffe, goodreads.com
“The most important thing we learn at school is the fact that the most important things can’t be learned at school.”— Haruki Murakami, amazon.com
“Learning to let go should be learned before learning to get. Life should be touched, not strangled. You’ve got to relax, let it happen at times, and let others move forward with it.”— Ray Bradbury, elephantjournal.com
“Well, we all make mistakes, dear, so just put it behind you. We should regret our mistakes and learn from them, but never carry them forward into the future with us.”— L. M. Montgomery, amazon.com
“I don’t use people’s faults or flaws against them to win an argument, because they are not mine to use. Only thieves take things that don’t belong to them. But I do give the truth and that’s worth more than anything in the world. So listen to it. Understand it. And learn from it.”— Joanna Strafford, joanna-strafford.tumblr.com