Great minds have purposes; others have wishes.

Great minds have purposes others have wishes.

Love is never lost. If not reciprocated, it will flow back and soften and purify the heart.

A kind heart is a fountain of gladness, making everything in its vicinity freshen into smiles.

I've had it with you and your emotional constipation!

A tart temper never mellows with age, and a sharp tongue is the only edged tool that grows keener with constant use.

Honest good humor is the oil and wine of a merry meeting, and there is no jovial companionship equal to that where the jokes are rather small and laughter abundant.

Sweet is the memory of distant friends! Like the mellow rays of the departing sun, it falls tenderly, yet sadly, on the heart.

There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness, but of power.

There is a serene and settled majesty to woodland scenery that enters into the soul and delights and elevates it, and fills it with noble inclinations.

A father may turn his back on his child, brothers and sisters may become inveterate enemies, husbands may desert their wives, wives their husbands. But a mother's love endures through all.

While trying hard not to apportion blamesI end up apportioning all the blame on myselfI take several portions of the blamewhich makes my heart to be filled with guilt

How do you ask a man to be the last man to die in Vietnam? How do you ask a man to be the last man to die for a mistake?

I try to really understand every aspect of the most high; for me, the most high is Allah... I live my life by Islam.

Love like Death,, Levels all ranks, and lays the shepherd's crook Beside the scepter

Consequences from evil will make your past haunt you

The greatest sign of success for a teacher...is to be able to say, "The children are now working as if I did not exist."

When the years bring wisdom, one learns to leave many problems to their own working out.

The further I get, the further I want to go

The separation of church and state is necessary partly because if religion is good then the state shouldn't interfere with the religious vision or with the religious prophet.

A woman waits for me, she contains all, nothing lacking.