Be not entangled in this world of days and nights; Thou hast another time and space as well.

Be aware of your own worth, use all of your power to achieve it. Create an ocean from a dewdrop. Do not beg for light from the moon, obtain it from the spark within you.

People who have no hold over their process of thinking are likely to be ruined by liberty of thought. If thought is immature, liberty of thought becomes a method of converting men into animals.

From your past emerges the present, and from the present is born your future.

Nations are born in the hearts of poets, they prosper and die in the hands of politicians.

If one cannot live the life of the brave, then it is better to die like the brave.

Life is a struggle and not a matter of privilege. It is nothing but one's knowledge of the temporal and the spiritual world.

I tell you the sign of a believer; When Death comes, there is a smile on his lips

Democracy is a system where people are counted not weighed.

If faith is lost, there is no security and there is no life for him who does not adhere to religion.

When the thinking of a people becomes corrupt, the pure silver becomes impure in its hands.

Enlightenment is coming out from the fear mode, victim mode and guilt mode of living to the mode of empowerment.

New ideas for innovation grow out of the minds of each new generation. Having an institution of higher learning that can help young people put those ideas into action is critical.

Nothing too long imagined can be perfect in a wordly way.

Drawing is the simplest way of establishing a picture vocabulary because it is an instant, personal declaration of what is important and what is not.

It's essential to have sacred time for writing. All successful authors have some daily commitment to keep on-track and moving forward.

Christianity must mean everything to us before it can mean anything to others.

Small, short-sighted, blonde, barbed - she reminds me of a bright little hedgehog.

When your economy is kind of ooching along, it's important to let people have more of their own money.

For thousands of years we have gathered in circle--around fires, around bodies, around altars--because we can't do this alone.

He fouled out in the fourth quarter, and that's when I really started getting points. He was no more at fault than anyone.