Eaten bread is forgotten.

All things are difficult before they are easy.

We never know the worth of water till the well is dry.

Charity begins at home, but should not end there.

Light, God's eldest daughter, is a principal beauty in a building.

Prayer should be the key of the day and the lock of the night.

Health is not valued till sickness comes.

If you would have a good wife, marry one who has been a good daughter.

He who cures a disease may be the skillfullest, but he that prevents it is the safest physician.

An invincible determination can accomplish almost anything and in this lies the great distinction between great men and little men.

One that would have the fruit must climb the tree.

Your pain is a divine rite of passage through which you will be reborn as a being of strength, wisdom and purpose.

A year spent in artificial intelligence is enough to make one believe in God.

Everyone understands that in a modern economy - transparency, accountability, a working justice system are part of having a functioning, modern society.

They say an actor is only as good as his parts. Well, my parts have done me pretty well, darling.

I don't consider myself ever joining. But I have affiliations, for sure.

Can currently existing religion be disentangled from the misogyny of its texts, its traditions, and its practices? ... a resounding NO: misogyny not only pervades the major faiths, it's baked in.

So great was the noise during the day that I used to lie awake at night listening to silence.

The greatest thing a man can do in this world is to make the most possible out of the stuff that has been given him. This is success, and there is no other.

In Africa, villagers look up to elders; they are the moral voice of their community.

Don't borrow money from a neighbor or a friend, but of a stranger where, paying for it you shall hear of it no more.