Wisdom Quote by Charles Yu — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“You want to tell a story? Grow a heart. Grow two. Now, with the second heart, smash the first one into bits.”

“Ego is like cyanide. Instantly kills dialogue. Always needs to be kept satisfied.”

“Unrequited love is, in fact, a delusion, because love itself is the manifestation of attainment. It can never remain incomplete or purposeless, for love is the most sacred and meaningful interpretation of the universe.”

“The source of wisdom and power, of love and beauty, is within ourselves, but not within our egos. It is within our consciousness. Indeed, its presence provides us with a conscious contrast which enables us to speak of the ego as if it were something different and apart: it is the true Self whereas the ego is only an illusion of the mind.”

“Know this: When someone talks over you, or interrupts you to say anything- they are not listening, not interested in listening , not interested in what you are saying and do not value what you are saying. Stop talking.”

“Perhaps the savages will always be in control, Phillip said gloomily. Perhaps greed will always outweigh wisdom in the councils of the mighty; perhaps fear will always overcome compassion in the mind of a man with a sword in his hand.”