Every one is more or less master of his own fate.

It is not only fine feathers that make fine birds.

United we stand, divided we fall.

Every truth has two sides; it is as well to look at both, before we commit ourselves to either.

Better be wise by the misfortunes of others than by your own.

There's smoke in my iris, but I painted a sunny day on the insides of my eyelids

A doubtful friend is worse than a certain enemy. Let a man be one thing or the other, and we then know how to meet him.

We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office.

No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.

The little reed, bending to the force of the wind, soon stood upright again when the storm had passed over.

It is thrifty to prepare today for the wants of tomorrow.

Wherever morality is based on theology, wherever right is made dependent on divine authority, the most immoral, unjust, infamous things can be justified and established.

Eating a varied plant-based diet - and avoiding all meat, fish, chicken and dairy products - may have much to recommend it, but it's certainly not for everyone.

Naw, it's like ants up there, man. Like ants that sound like lions!

We get discouraged sometimes when people look at surface only and neglect the message.

Art changes people people change the world.

I don't wear dresses all the time - it's nice to save those moments for certain occasions and to make it feel extra special.

There's an intelligence within the heart that is far bigger than our figuring out the mind.

In order not to suffer, you had to renounce love. It was like putting out your own eyes in order not to see the bad things in life.

If you are doing something wrong, you will do it badly.

You have no ability, if you're a financial institution and you're threatened with criminal prosecution, you have no ability to negotiate.