Robertson Davies

"Memory is a great magician."

"The spirit of comedy is refreshing to all who partake of it."

"Love is not something that can be explained; it must be experienced."

"A civilized person is not someone who rejects passion, but who channels it wisely."

"The penalty for refusing to live fully is that you never really live at all."

"In times of rapid change, the learners are the ones who will inherit the earth."

"Cruelty is a form of ignorance."

"What matters is not how much you accomplish, but whether you do it with integrity."

"The human heart is capable of extraordinary things."

"If you refuse to accept what is, you doom yourself to disappointment."

"The power of a single word can reshape a life."

"To understand history is to understand why people are as they are."

"A friend is someone who accepts your past, supports your present, and believes in your future."

"The greatest discovery any person can make is the discovery of themselves."

"Not everyone is meant to be an artist, but everyone is meant to be a creator."

"What is thought to be impossible today becomes commonplace tomorrow."

"The pursuit of money without meaning is the pursuit of emptiness."

"To laugh at oneself is the beginning of wisdom."

"A person's character is not determined by their circumstances, but by how they respond to them."

"The price of growth is always discomfort."

"Solitude is not the same as loneliness; one is chosen, the other is suffered."

"The measure of a person is not in their successes, but in their failures and how they rise from them."

"To truly understand another person, you must first understand yourself."

"The greatest adventure is the one within yourself."

"Patience is not passivity; it is the art of doing nothing while remaining fully alive."

"A life without music is a life half-lived."

"The fear of failure is greater than failure itself."

"Every human being carries within them the capacity to be both good and evil."

"To accept gratitude is to give another person a gift."

"The unexamined life may not be worth living, but neither is the over-examined one."