Be generous, and pleasant-tempered, and forgiving; even as God scatter favors over thee, do thou scatter over the people.

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.

Collaborating on a film script involves two people sitting in a room separated by the silence of two minds working together.

Life is always better with God on the lead.

Obey the principles without being bound by them.

One who understands much displays a greater simplicity of character than one who understands little

The race to win turns us all into losers.

There is magic in the memory of schoolboy friendships; it softens the heart, and even affects the nervous system of those who have no heart.

For frequent tears have run; The colours from my life.

My goal has always been to slow down as slowly as possible. It's as simple as that.

You need to believe in things that aren't true. How else can they become?

Love easily confuses us because it is always in flux between illusion and substance, between memory and wish, between contentment and need.