wisdom – Page 2

Quote of the Day – Second-Rate

October 17, 2020July 3, 2022yggdrasille

“What’s terrible is to pretend that second-rate is first-rate. To pretend that you don’t need love when you do; or you like your work when you know quite well you’re capable of better.”
— Doris Lessing, The Golden Notebook

Quote of the Day – Kindness

August 25, 2020yggdrasille

“Kindness is like snow –
it beautifies everything it covers.”
— Kahlil Gibran

Quote of the Day – Living

July 9, 2020April 3, 2021yggdrasille

“It is often said that before you die your life passes before your eyes. It is in fact true. It’s called living.”

– Terry Pratchett

Quote of the Day – Age of 40

June 16, 2020June 16, 2020yggdrasille

“The peak of youth, the foot of old age.”

(I can’t remember either the book or the author, but for some reason this description stuck with me. Of course, at the time I first read it the thought of myself turning forty was inconceivable!)