A wise man among the ignorant is as a beautiful girl in the company of blind men.

Have patience. All things are difficult before they become easy.

Whatever makes an impression on the heart seems lovely in the eye.

I fear God the most, but after Him, I fear those who don't fear Him.

You who feel no pain at the suffering of others It is not fitting for you to be called human.

When the belly is empty, the body becomes spirit; and when it is full, the spirit becomes body.

It's no virtue to gain the whole world. Just gain the heart of one person.

If a gem falls into mud it is still valuable. If dust ascends to heaven, it remains valueless.

The best loved by God are those that are rich, yet have the humility of the poor, and those that are poor and have the magnanimity of the rich.

Whoever acquires knowledge but does not practice it is as one who ploughs but does not sow.

Every leaf of the tree becomes a page of the book, once the heart is opened and it has learnt to read.

Force and fraud are in war the two cardinal virtues.

If we don't change, we don't grow. If we don't grow, we aren't really living.

There is nothing more beautiful than someone who goes out of their way to make life beautiful for others.

Be glad while you have breath.

When people look only at the surface and that satisfies them and they think from that surface they see, that is to be truly blind.

You put a tuxedo on me, it's like putting a saddle on a hog.

An injury is not just a process of recovery it's a process of discovery.

I watched children dying. That will be the image that will stay with me

By justification we are saved from the guilt of sin…by sanctification we are saved from the power and root of sin

I can't work in Brooklyn. Unless I'm completely locked away in a studio, there's just too much distraction and stimulation.