At bank, post office or supermarket, there is one universal law which you ignore at your own peril: the shortest line moves the slowest.
The eyes are the amulets of the mind.
When gossip grows old it becomes myth.
In the next century it will be the early mechanical bird which get the first plastic worm out of the artificial grass.
On the neck of a giraffe a flea begins to believe in immortality.
The tax collector must love poor people, he's creating so many of them.
Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seamed with scars; martyrs have put on their coronation robes glittering with fire, and through their tears have the sorrowful first seen the gates of Heaven.
There are two kinds of pedestrians... the quick and the dead.
The whale is endangered, while the ant continues to do just fine.
The pretender sees no one but himself, Because he has the veil of conceit in front; If he were endowed with a God discerning eye, He would see that no one is weaker than himself.
Some idea of inflation comes from seeing a youngster get his first job at a salary you dreamed of as the culmination of your career.
Dread not events unknown, and be not downhearted, for the fountain of the water of life is involved in obscurity.
The fly runs toward the fire or lamp, thinking that it is a flower, and gets burnt up. Even so, the passionate man runs towards a false beautiful form, thinking that he can obtain real happiness, and gets burnt up in the fire of lust.
All the problems of the world - child labor, corruption - are symptoms of a spiritual disease: lack of compassion.
By the time you're eighty years old you've learned everything. You only have to remember it.
As a nation we are dedicated to keeping physically fit - and parking as close to the stadium as possible.
Do not believe a thing because you read it in a book! Do not believe a thing because another has said it so! Find out the truth for yourself.
It might be a good idea if the various countries of the world would occasionally swap history books, just to see what other people are doing with the same set of facts.
The wolf changes his coat, but not his disposition.
Progress is a continuing effort to make the things we eat, drink, and wear as good as they used to be.
Retirement, we understand, is great if you are busy, rich, and healthy. But then, under those circumstances, work is great too.
Keep strong if possible; in any case, keep cool.
Bottom is bottom, even if it is turned upside down.
It's never safe to be nostalgic about something until you're absolutely certain there's no chance of its coming back
You have to climb to reach a deep thought.
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