Common Sense is that which judges the things given to it by other senses.

Learning never exhausts the mind.

Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.

A beautiful body perishes, but a work of art dies not.

To make a perfume, take some rose water and wash your hands in it, then take a lavender flower and rub it with your palms, and you will achieve the desired effect

Being willing is not enough. We must do.

Learning is the only thing the mind never exhausts, never fears, and never regrets.

There are three classes of people: those who see, those who see when they are shown, those who do not see.

Life is pretty simple: You do some stuff. Most fails. Some works. You do more of what works.

Whatever you do in life, if you want to be creative and intelligent, and develop your brain, you must do everything with the awareness that everything, in some way, connects to everything else.

When you put your hand in a flowing stream, you touch the last that has gone before and the first of what is still to come.

WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING YOU MOTHERFUKERS!" It was...........Dumbledore!

It doesn't pay to trust a lettered man in the road, Brothers, their heads are full of other man's ideas.

Traveling can never be taken for granted, no matter how meticulous the preparations.

Um, dad?" I called "How's it going?""Percy!" Annabeth whispered. "We're in a hurry!

I enjoy spending time with other awakened people and feeling the shared vibration of that, whereas just fun for its own sake might no longer be quite so enticing as it used to be.

There is no escape if love is not there," Hannah had said. Had Hannah known when she herself had not even suspected? It was not escape that she had dreamed about, it was love.

It won't be long before we'll be writing together again. I just hope they have a decent piano up there.

A mind needs books as a sword needs a whetstone, if it is to keep its edge.

I want to be here with you, Avery. You don't have to worry about impressing me or wowing me. You've already done that.

Even the smallest achievements pave a way to great success.