Quotes of Lionel Trilling

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We are at heart so profoundly anarchistic that the only form of state we can imagine living in is Utopian; and so cynical that the only Utopia we can believe in is authoritarian.

- Lionel Trilling

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“ The true miracle lies in our eagerness to allow, appreciate, and honor the uniqueness, and freedom of each sentient being to sing the song of their heart. ”

- Amit Ray

“ Often, we fabricate the people we love to make loving them more palatable; the fictionalized version of them reduces the awareness of truth. ”

- RJ Intindola

“ Remember, if you don’t do anything – if you don’t change the way your mind works and direct your subconscious mind to create the life you want – then everything stays the same, nothing changes. ”

- Steve Backley

“ It’s only after you’ve stepped outside your comfort zone that you begin to change, grow, and transform. ”

- Roy T. Bennett

“ A lack of clarity could put the brakes on any journey to success. ”

- Steve Maraboli

“ Love is a panacea for a wound that never stops weeping. ”

- Kilroy J. Oldster

“ If you fuel your journey on the opinions of others, you are going to run out of gas. ”

- Steve Maraboli

“ Some symbols reach to your primordial archives. ”

- Talismanist Giebra

“ Friendship not defined by words Friendship only defined by action ”

- Arshdeep Singh Samrala

“ When you judge another, you do not define them, you define yourself. ”

- Wayne Dyer

“ Stop hating yourself for everything you aren’t and start loving yourself for everything you already are. ”

- Unknown

“ Gratitude is not love. Don’t mix the two because they are not the same. ”

- Frank Matobo

“ The purpose of literature is to turn blood into ink. ”

- T.S. Eliot

“ Our greatest glory is not in never falling but in rising every time we fall. ”

- Confucius

“ A lot goes into everything but sometimes you have to sacrifice everything in order to achieve a lot. ”

- Kayambila Mpulamasaka

“ If I had to live my life again, I’d make the same mistakes, only sooner. ”

- Tallulah Bankhead

“ Sometimes the best of gods gift's arrive by the shattering of all the window panes. ”

- Paulo Coelho

“ Learn the rules so you know how to break them properly. ”

- Dalai Lama

“ Dream so big you get uncomfortable telling smallminded people. ”

- Praharsh Prasoon

“ Either you run the day, or the day runs you. ”

- Jim Rohn

“ I spend most nights at home falling in love with the idea of you. ”

- Michael Faudet

“ When your only competition is becoming a better you, you will always win the game. ”

- Jackie Griffin

“ It takes guts and humility to admit mistakes. Admitting we're wrong is courage, not weakness. ”

- Roy T. Bennett

“ I think that I shall never see A poem lovely as a tree. A tree whose hungry mouth is pressed Against the earth's sweet flowing breast; A tree that looks at God all day And lifts her leafy arms to pray; A tree that may in summer wear A nest of robins in her hair; Upon whose bosom snow has lain; Who intimately lives with rain. Poems are made by fools like me, But only God can make a tree. ”

- Joyce Kilmer

“ If music be the food of love, play on. ”

- William Shakespeare