66 Inspiring Literature Quotes

In the vast realm of literature, where words weave worlds and sentences spark the imagination, quotes serve as timeless snippets of wisdom and inspiration. They capture the essence of human experience, distilling complex emotions and profound truths into a few powerful words. Whether uttered by a beloved character or penned by a legendary author, these literary gems have the power to resonate across generations, offering insight, solace, and motivation. Join us as we delve into a curated collection of 66 inspiring literature quotes that celebrate the beauty and depth of the written word, inviting you to explore new perspectives and rekindle your love for reading.

1. “Words have the power to make things true if they're said right.” - Alden Bell The Reapers Are The Angels

2. “Omnipotence and omniscience are the end of power and knowledge.” - Dejan Stojanovic

3. “Absolute equals nothingness.” - Dejan Stojanovic

4. “Life is only a flicker of melted ice.” - Dejan Stojanovic

5. “Deceit dispels the boredom of the Absolute.” - Dejan Stojanovic

6. “Two forces create eternity – a fairy tale and a dream from the fairy tale.” - Dejan Stojanovic

7. “The deeper thought is, the taller it becomes.” - Dejan Stojanovic

8. “A smiling lie is a whirlwind, easy to enter, but hard to escape.” - Dejan Stojanovic

9. “After Homer and Dante, is a whole century of creating worth one Shakespeare?” - Dejan Stojanovic

10. “We built tall buildings, but we have not become any taller.” - Dejan Stojanovic

11. “We need knew knights, but without swords.” - Dejan Stojanovic

12. “Now that we are all so smart, we don’t easily find resolutions.” - Dejan Stojanovic

13. “We measure everything by ourselves with almost a necessary conceit.” - Dejan Stojanovic

14. “Serious affairs and history are carefully laid snares for the uninformed.” - Dejan Stojanovic

15. “Creators of history always play with our impotence and our ignorance.” - Dejan Stojanovic

16. “Statesmen are grocers, ambitious clowns.” - Dejan Stojanovic

17. “Faith is a question of eyesight; even the blind can see that.” - Dejan Stojanovic

18. “Your head is a lit chamber.” - Dejan Stojanovic

19. “It is easy to see the glow but hard to recognize the awakening of silence.” - Dejan Stojanovic

20. “Don’t pay attention to those who offer too much.” - Dejan Stojanovic

21. “It’s not easy to write a poem about a poem.” - Dejan Stojanovic

22. “They grew; they did not talk about growing.” - Dejan Stojanovic

23. “Pose your questions to people and you will get countless useless answers.” - Dejan Stojanovic

24. “For a moment at least, be a smile on someone else’s face.” - Dejan Stojanovic

25. “Tell me something only you know and make a new friend.” - Dejan Stojanovic

26. “Without space, there is no time.” - Dejan Stojanovic

27. “Love is almost never simple.” - Dejan Stojanovic

28. “Our desire to say more grows bigger and what to say about it, except that saying is not always about saying, growing is not always about growing.” - Dejan Stojanovic

29. “A big desire is not enough to meet the expectations of lost dreams.” - Dejan Stojanovic

30. “To transform a grimace into a sound sounds impossible, yet it is possible to transform a vision into music, to go outside an enslaved personality, to become impersonal by transforming into sand, into water, into light.” - Dejan Stojanovic

31. “Although all days are equally long regardless of the season, some days are long not only seasonally but by rewards they offer.” - Dejan Stojanovic

32. “There is a moonlight note in the Moonlight Sonata; there is a thunder note in an angry sky.” - Dejan Stojanovic

33. “Every thought about death takes a moment of life away.” - Dejan Stojanovic

34. “Total knowledge is annihilation Of the desire to see, to touch, to feel The world sensed only through senses And immune to the knowledge without feeling.” - Dejan Stojanovic

35. “There is something perfect to be found in the imperfect: the law keeps balance through the juxtaposition of beauty, which gains perfection through nurtured imperfection.” - Dejan Stojanovic

36. “In trying to be perfect, He perfected the art of anonymity, Became imperceptible And arrived nowhere from nowhere.” - Dejan Stojanovic

37. “If an ancient man saw planes two thousand years ago He would've thought they were birds Or angels from another world Or messengers from other planets.” - Dejan Stojanovic

38. “All people are enslaved by something.” - Dejan Stojanovic

39. “There is always the question why And there is always life, Which doesn't need an answer.” - Dejan Stojanovic

40. “Possible impossibility emerges From an impossible possibility, Or possibly, impossible possibility Blooms from the impossibly possible impossibility.” - Dejan Stojanovic

41. “If you are only what you are, You at least have a chance Not to outsmart, But be on a par with yourself And that is worth trying.” - Dejan Stojanovic

42. “Since there is no real silence, Silence will contain all the sounds, All the words, all the languages, All knowledge, all memory.” - Dejan Stojanovic

43. “There is only as much space, only as much time, Only as much desire, only as many words, Only as many pages, only as much ink To accept all of us at light-speed Hurrying into the Promised Land Of oblivion that is waiting for us sooner or later.” - Dejan Stojanovic

44. “No reason for a feverish rush For we will all arrive in the same place At the right time. Justice will be served. There will be no better or worse, No big and small, no rewards, no punishment, No guilt, no judges, no hierarchies; Only silent equality.” - Dejan Stojanovic

45. “To cut and tighten sentences is the secret of mastery.” - Dejan Stojanovic

46. “Devil and God – two sides of the same face.” - Dejan Stojanovic

47. “Good is not always good.” - Dejan Stojanovic

48. “When within yourself you find the road, the right road will open.” - Dejan Stojanovic

49. “Color is the overpowering of black; white – the final victory over black.” - Dejan Stojanovic

50. “The world cannot be translated; It can only be dreamed of and touched.” - Dejan Stojanovic

51. “From everything, nothing looks to nothing.” - Dejan Stojanovic

52. “When he is most powerful, nothing does he become.” - Dejan Stojanovic

53. “To come to nothing through something is the way to outside from both sides.” - Dejan Stojanovic

54. “Every star was darker than the night before it awoke.” - Dejan Stojanovic

55. “To jump over centuries In one step is impossible. Jump too high or far, You’ll be way too late.” - Dejan Stojanovic

56. “One hand I extend into myself, the other toward others.” - Dejan Stojanovic

57. “And this that you call solitude is in fact a big crowd.” - Dejan Stojanovic

58. “Through everything I have passed but nowhere I have been.” - Dejan Stojanovic

59. “In a myriad of ways you tell one truth.” - Dejan Stojanovic

60. “From one bell all the bells toll.” - Dejan Stojanovic

61. “Long ago we conquered our passions looking at ourselves in the mirror of eternity.” - Dejan Stojanovic

62. “We don’t know anything about silent sages, buried knowledge, the eye of the mute poet, serene seers, yet how many talkative destroyers, prophets and ideologues, teachers and beautifiers there are on the other side.” - Dejan Stojanovic

63. “Nothing is made, nothing disappears. The same changes, at the same places, never stopping.” - Dejan Stojanovic

64. “They are both spectacular, Life and death.” - Dejan Stojanovic

65. “It is not possible to express the most precious insights, To see all that craves to be seen, To visit even the closest neighbors in the universe, To learn all that needs to be learned, To live without dying, And I am sad about it.But I livedAnd I am happy about that.” - Dejan Stojanovic

66. “صار الحزن جدارا من الزجاج السميك بين قلبى والدنيا , أرى من خلاله وأسمع لكنى لا أشعر , لا بالفرح ولا بالألم , لا بالغم ولا بالنصر ولا بالكسر .صار قلبى مغلفا بالزجاج , لا يشعر .لكن كلما رماه أحد بحجر انكسر الزجاج وانغرس فى قلبى أكثر” - عز الدين شكرى فشير