Do not fear the thorns in your path, for they draw only corrupt blood.

Our anxiety does not come from thinking about the future, but from wanting to control it.

Keep me away from the wisdom which does not cry, the philosophy which does not laugh and the greatness which does not bow before children.

When you are sorrowful look again in your heart, and you shall see that in truth you are weeping for that which has been your delight.

We choose our joys and sorrows long before we experience them.

When you reach the end of what you should know, you will be at the beginning of what you should sense.

Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity.

I love you when you bow in your mosque, kneel in your temple, pray in your church. For you and I are sons of one religion, and it is the spirit.

If your heart is a volcano, how shall you expect flowers to bloom?

You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give.

Poetry is a deal of joy and pain and wonder, with a dash of the dictionary.

There is a huge difference between work and a job

It is dangerous for a national candidate to say things that people might remember.

You are never given a wish without also being given the power to make it come true. You may have to work for it, however.

God has plans for you and His plans are for good because God Himself is good. He can neither think nor do evil.

We have set out to promote the work of community and faith-based charities. Government cannot be replaced by charities, but it can welcome them as partners instead of resenting them as rivals.

All of the common core standards stuff about critical reading and critical thinking and so on can only be positive.

It is impossible for forward play to be quite as safe as back play, because there must be a moment when the ball is out of sight.

To me at least was never evening yet, but seemed far beautifuller than its day.

I'm not trying to be cosmic, it's just that everything's on a roll and that's how it is. The songs within the album discuss that very condition.

It is progress when a centuries-old oak is cut down to give space for a road sign.