“You do not write your life with words…You write it with actions. What you think is not important. It is only important what you do.”
— from ‘A Monster Calls’ by Patrick Ness (born 1971), English-American author and journalist.

“The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.”
— William Shakespeare (1564 – 1616),
English playwright and poet.

“The simple things are also the most extraordinary things, and only the wise can see them.”
— Paulo Coelho (Brazilian novelist who wrote ‘The Alchemist,’ born 1947)

“Angry people are not always wise.”
— Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice (English novelist 1775 – 1817)

“The unexamined life is not worth living.”
— Socrates (Greek philosopher, who died 399 BC)

“Turn your wounds into wisdom.”
— Oprah Winfrey

“Any fool can know. The point is to understand.”
— Albert Einstein

“I’m not good at accepting help.”
— Patricia Heaton (American actress and comedian, born 1958)

I will not follow where the path may lead, but I will go where there is no path, and I will leave a trail.”
— Muriel Strode (writer and poet 1875 – 1964)

“Knowledge is of no value unless you put it into practice.”
— Anton Chekhov (Russian playwright 1860 – 1904)