Art of Wisdom
Charles Bukowski
Charles Bukowski
“Intelligent people are always troubled. intelligence is not a good thing. The brain is always analyzing.”
“Slavery was not abolished, it was only extended to all colors.”
“When you feel as insignificant as a dot, look behind you, maybe you are at the end of a very important sentence.”
“Don't waste your time explaining, people only hear what they want to hear.”
“It is better to be alone than with fake people.”
“Selected solitude is the greatest luxury one can have.”
“Sadness comes from intelligence, the more you understand things, the more you wish you didn't.”
“A chosen solitude is the greatest luxury one can have.”
“People only think of injustice when it happens to them.”
“When you fool people, consider the possibility that they are aware of everything and are laughing at you.”
“My present indifference is the result of having once cared too much.”
“I don't like people at all, I'm just trying to be nice. Don't get me wrong.”
“When you realize that the people you trust the most are nothing but an illusion, you retreat to your corner.”
“Sometimes you have to leave others to come to yourself.”
“It takes no skill to blend in with the crowd. But it takes a lot to stand alone and tall.”
“The man, for all his courage and discoveries, is the faithful one, the one who usually feels love. The woman is skilled in betrayal, torture and damnation.”
“Some people have to heal themselves. They don't tell anyone they need help, they don't show it.”
“Forests were disappearing, but the trees kept voting for the axe. Because the handle was made of wood and they thought it was their own.”
“Don't tire yourself. Let those who want to accompany you in your life come with you.”
“If you're getting bored with people, you're beginning to realize some truths.”
“I don't lack attention, I don't listen to people on purpose.”
“Slaves are never paid enough to be free. They pay them just enough to survive so they can keep working.”
“And there will come a day when you will realize that for every person you meet, you become a little more lonely.”
“Sometimes money marries, sometimes ambition, fear or authority. Rarely do lovers marry.”
“I think they pulled the chair out from under some people just as their character was about to sit down.”
“When no one wakes you up in the morning or waits for you, when you come home in the evening and do whatever you want, do you call that freedom or loneliness?”
“The more I try to untie others, the more I tie myself in knots, I don't know it.”
“My heart is empty now. Just like your brain.”
“Don't learn to love, learn to be alone. Because in hard times, you'll need it the most.”
“They say you swear a lot. So should I write poetry to those who ruined my life?”
“There will come a time when the ones you've left in the dust will become invisible because of the dirt.”
“Undoubtedly the biggest prejudice is that we think everyone around us is human.”
“For me, the first thing I think of when a person walks through the door is to get rid of them.”
“If you are important to someone, they will make time for you in any situation. Everything else is an excuse.”
“The problem with the world is that smart people are full of doubts while stupid people are full of confidence.”
“You call getting along with people you hate civilization, I call it dishonesty.”
“Do you remember who you were before the world told you who you should be?”
“I like the idea of being thought of as cold from the outside, it prevents unnecessary human contact.”
“I was someone who thrived on solitude; if you take away my solitude, you take away my food and water. Every day I can't be alone takes away something from my strength.”
“It's better to be alone than in the wrong heart.”
“Trusting may be your stupidity, but breaking trust is the other person's lack of character.”
“When boys are jealous, girls like it; when girls are jealous, welcome to the third world war.”
“Never let yourself be wasted on someone who can't give you their time.”
“Sometimes people hurt you and act like it's your fault.”
“I am a hermit. I avoid people because their interests are limited and vulgar, and they are malicious and annoying.”
“People love you only as long as you are useful to them, and when you realize that, you won't resent anyone.”