A city is not adorned by external things, but by the virtue of those who dwell in it.

He who exercises wisdom, exercises the knowledge which is about God.

Fortify yourself with contentment for this is an impregnable fortress.

Only this much needs to be known: If you separate ‘I’ and ‘my’, you will have known all the scriptures! Then the whole universe will be known to you!

Sometimes, all it takes to lift the sadness from another is to let them know how much you appreciate them and how grateful you are having them in your life.

Food is sort of like the Jewish sense of humor, a defense mechanism. It is one of the things that helped the Jews survive through 2, 000 years of an often very harsh Diaspora.

One must be fond of people and trust them if one is not to make a mess of life.

Children are the true connoisseurs. What’s precious to them has no price, only value.

I learned to dance at quinceañeras - big [15th] birthday parties for Spanish girls. It was always funny to bring the white guy out [on the floor] and let him look like a fool.

And forever goodbye! Forever! Oh, Sir, can you imagine how dreadful this cruel word sounds when one loves?

I obviously think that freely available software can not only keep up with the evolution of commercial software, but often exceed what you can do commercially.

There, that's better. Now you look like the wild scrub that fell into my life." "Because you loosened the vent's screws." "Best. Decision. Ever.

I do like to keep my private life to myself. But then again, I don't really get up to much.