John Birmingham quotes

John Birmingham quotes

last updated: November 28, 2023

“Words matter, and the right words matter most of all. In the end they're all that remain of us.”
-- John Birmingham

#Wisdom Quotes #Matter Quotes #Ends Quotes

“O you who complain to people about your misfortunes, what good will it do you to complain to creatures? They can bring you neither benefit nor harm. If you rely on them and associate partners with the Lord of the Truth, they will make you distant from Him, cause you to fall into His displeasure.”
“When the inward is good the outward is also inevitably so, for the outward always follows the inward, whether good or evil.”
“I am more and more convinced that man is a dangerous creature and that power, whether vested in many or a few, is ever grasping, and like the grave, cries, 'Give, give.'”

Source : "Lightning Fast Enlightenment: A Journey to the Secrets of Happiness". Book by Jordan S. Metzger, p. 9, 2000.
“Wisdom doesn't automatically come with old age. Nothing does - except wrinkles. It's true, some wines improve with age. But only if the grapes were good in the first place.”
“I am a firm believer in the people. If given the truth, they can be depended upon to meet any national crisis. The great point is to bring them the real facts.”
“On matters of race, on matters of decency, baseball should lead the way.”
“When all else fails, complicate matters”
“Psychotherapy, unlike castor oil, which will work no matter how you get it down, is useless when forced on an uncooperative patient.”
“Nothing new here, except my marrying, which to me is a matter of profound wonder.”
“You see, Hansel and Gretel donâ€™t just show up at the end of this story. They show up. And then they get their heads cut off. Just thought youâ€™d like to know.”

Source : Adam Gidwitz (2012). “In a Glass Grimmly”, p.143, Penguin

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