Greed is permanent slavery

Never explain yourself to anyone, because the one who likes you would not need it, and the one dislikes you wouldn't believe it.

Body is purified by water. Ego by tears. Intellect is purified by knowledge. And soul is purified with love.

Be like a flower that gives its fragrance even to the hand that crushed it.

Never make a decision in anger and never make a promise in happiness.

A hopeless man sees difficulties in every chance, but a hopeful person sees chances in every difficulty.

Beautiful people are not always good, but good people are always beautiful.

The worst of our faults is our interest in other people's faults.

People are of two types, they are either your brothers in faith or your equals in humanity.

Hide the good you do, and make known the good done to you.

There are three signs of a knowledgeable person: knowledge, forbearance and silence.

It would be unfair to expect other people to be as brilliant as oneself.

Beloved mother and wife. Without you, all the light is gone.

I love you." she whispered into the rough wool of his sweater.

But for my own part it was Greek to me.

I was never very interested in boys - and there were plenty of them - vying with one another to see how many famous women they would get into the hay.

You are never too young to lead.

You actually don't want people thinking your product is cool, because then you're a fad.

The success or failure of any historical age is the extent to which those living at that time have fulfilled the special role that history has imposed upon them.

When people concentrate on the idea of beauty, they are, without realizing it, confronted with the darkest thoughts that exist in this world. That, I suppose, is how human beings are made.

What makes America special is that people come here, assimilate and become American with all of the rights and responsibilities citizenship bestows.