The wise does at once what the fool does at last.

The wise man does at once what the fool does finally.

Dreams will get you nowhere, a good kick in the pants will take you a long way.

He that can live alone resembles the brute beast in nothing, the sage in much, and God in everything.

It is better to sleep on things beforehand than lie awake about them afterwards.

Self-reflection is the school of wisdom.

The wise have a solid sense of silence and the ability to keep a storehouse of secrets. Their capacity and character are respected.

Know or listen to those who know.

To find one real friend in a lifetime is good fortune; to keep him is a blessing.

There are friendships merely for pleasure, some for the exchange of ideas. Rarest are those friends of one's inmost self.

A single lie destroys a whole reputation for integrity.

The Trial of Poppy Moon is free over Easter.

To use violence against a peaceful man is the greatest immorality and the biggest rot ever!

Could it be that simple? Tell one story to one generation and repeat it until it was accepted as fact?

A man is a method a progressive arrangement a selecting principle gathering his like unto him wherever he goes. What you are comes to you.

Dancing is the loftiest, the most moving, the most beautiful of the arts, because it is no mere translation or abstraction from life; it is life itself.

Wouldn't that be nice if we could all afford to just freely pursue our dreams?

Don't lie if you don't have to.

I don't think for a second that I'm the best at anything, but I know I'm really good at quite a lot of things because I work hard.

I hope Gunter Grass will continue helping the SPD in campaigns and that he will otherwise remain with us as a provocative literary figure, as well.

Is it not certain that the Creator yawns in earthquake and thunder and other popular displays, but toils in rounding the delicate spiral of a shell? -Yeats, The Trembling of the Veil