Good people are good because they've come to wisdom through failure. We get very little wisdom from success, you know.

Quote by William Saroyan

Topics: Failure Quotes, Wisdom Quotes

I was a little afraid of him; not the boy himself, but of what he...

I was a little afraid of him; not the boy himself, but of what he...

I am interested in madness. I believe it is the biggest thing in the human...

I am interested in madness. I believe it is the biggest thing in the human...

No enemy is so annoying as one who was a friend, or still is a...

No enemy is so annoying as one who was a friend, or still is a...

The most solid advice for a writer is this, I think: Try to learn to...

The most solid advice for a writer is this, I think: Try to learn to...

Good people are good because they've come to wisdom through failure. We get very little...

Good people are good because they've come to wisdom through failure. We get very little...

There could be no extreme vanity in my recognition of myself, if in fact there...

There could be no extreme vanity in my recognition of myself, if in fact there...

He paints for the blind, and we are the blind, and he lets us see...

He paints for the blind, and we are the blind, and he lets us see...

The basic truth of all things, as nearly as we may ever dream of determining...

The basic truth of all things, as nearly as we may ever dream of determining...

If I condemn mankind too much it is because I know myself too well.

If I condemn mankind too much it is because I know myself too well.

I see death as a private event, the destruction of the universe in the brain...

I see death as a private event, the destruction of the universe in the brain...

Neither love nor hate, nor any order of intense adherence to personal involvement in human...

Neither love nor hate, nor any order of intense adherence to personal involvement in human...

In the time of your life, live - so that in that wondrous time you...

In the time of your life, live - so that in that wondrous time you...

Every man in the world is better than someone else and not as good as...

Every man in the world is better than someone else and not as good as...

Of course if you like your kids, if you love them from the moment they...

Of course if you like your kids, if you love them from the moment they...

Seek goodness everywhere, and when it is found, bring it out of its hiding place...

Seek goodness everywhere, and when it is found, bring it out of its hiding place...

He paints for the blind, and we are the blind, and he lets us see...

He paints for the blind, and we are the blind, and he lets us see...

The simple fact was that if the song wasn't about me, I couldn't see how...

The simple fact was that if the song wasn't about me, I couldn't see how...

The difficulty of literature is not to write, but to write what you mean

The difficulty of literature is not to write, but to write what you mean

To write is to become disinterested. There is a certain renunciation in art.

To write is to become disinterested. There is a certain renunciation in art.

I learned never to empty the well of my writing, but always to stop when...

I learned never to empty the well of my writing, but always to stop when...