Wisdom Quote by Ellen Goodman — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“Normal is getting dressed in clothes that you buy for work and driving through traffic in a car that you are still paying for—in order to get to the job you need to pay for the clothes and the car, and the house you leave vacant all day so you can afford to live in it.”

“The things we hate about ourselves aren't more real than things we like about ourselves.”

“We are told that people stay in love because of chemistry, or because they remain intrigued with each other, because of many kindnesses, because of luck. But part of it has got to be forgiveness and gratefulness. ”

“Normalization takes place not because there is Western-ideology that normalizes third-world texts in any special way (other than the usual play with exoticism) but because this academic seeks to domesticate everything, even Marx.”

“I look back now and realize that the gift of a true friend is that she sees you not the way you see yourself or the way others see you. A true friend sees you for who you are and who you can become.”

“we have to live today by what truth we can get today and be ready tomorrow to call it falsehood”

“The next best thing to being wise oneself is to live in a circle of those who are.”

“A person is wise if he listens to millions of advice and doesn't implement any of it.”

“Purity of heart is what enables us to see.”