maxim

Link	Quote	Tags	Author
ae0a77a	Plants are more courageous than almost all human beings: an orange tree would rather die than produce lemons, whereas instead of dying the average person would rather be someone they are not.	act acting actor actors adage adages animal animals aphorism aphorisms audacity axiom axioms balls be-yourself boldness brave bravery cojones conform conforming conformity courage courageous courageousness daring dead death deep dictum dictums die epigram epigrams facade façades fear fearful fearlessness fit-in fitting-in fruit fruits gallantry gnome gnomes grit guts hardihood heroism herself himself human human-being human-beings humans humor humour insightful inspiration inspirational inspire inspired intrepidity kill killed lemon lemons made-me-think make-you-think maxim maxims motivated motivational motive moxie murder murdered nerve nonconformity oneself orange people peoples person persons plant plants pluck pluckiness pretend pretender pretenders pretending produce profound proverb proverbs provoke-thought quotation quotations quote quotes satire satirical saying sayings self spunk standing-out standout themselves thought-provoking thoughtful tree trees true-grit valour words-to-live-by yourself	Mokokoma Mokhonoana
9e952f3	When we venture in that unfamiliar sea, we trust blindly in those who guide us, believing that they know more than we do.	guidance knowledge maxim sea trust truth wisdom	Paulo Coelho
2ebbee2	I saw that she didn't want to answer that question and so I asked again: when mouths close it's because there's something important to be said.	maxim silence suffering the-witch-of-portobello truth	Paulo Coelho
a935d59	I have hated hypocrisy and deception all my life, yet all my life I have been victim to it. That is the terrible irony.	maxim	Michael Moorcock

ae0a77a

Plants are more courageous than almost all human beings: an orange tree would rather die than produce lemons, whereas instead of dying the average person would rather be someone they are not.

act acting actor actors adage adages animal animals aphorism aphorisms audacity axiom axioms balls be-yourself boldness brave bravery cojones conform conforming conformity courage courageous courageousness daring dead death deep dictum dictums die epigram epigrams facade façades fear fearful fearlessness fit-in fitting-in fruit fruits gallantry gnome gnomes grit guts hardihood heroism herself himself human human-being human-beings humans humor humour insightful inspiration inspirational inspire inspired intrepidity kill killed lemon lemons made-me-think make-you-think maxim maxims motivated motivational motive moxie murder murdered nerve nonconformity oneself orange people peoples person persons plant plants pluck pluckiness pretend pretender pretenders pretending produce profound proverb proverbs provoke-thought quotation quotations quote quotes satire satirical saying sayings self spunk standing-out standout themselves thought-provoking thoughtful tree trees true-grit valour words-to-live-by yourself

Mokokoma Mokhonoana

9e952f3

When we venture in that unfamiliar sea, we trust blindly in those who guide us, believing that they know more than we do.

guidance knowledge maxim sea trust truth wisdom

Paulo Coelho

2ebbee2

I saw that she didn't want to answer that question and so I asked again: when mouths close it's because there's something important to be said.

maxim silence suffering the-witch-of-portobello truth

Paulo Coelho

a935d59

I have hated hypocrisy and deception all my life, yet all my life I have been victim to it. That is the terrible irony.

maxim

Michael Moorcock