He that discovers himself, till he hath made himself master of his desires, lays himself open to his own ruin, and makes himself prisoner to his own tongue.

The average person's ear weighs what you are, not what you were.

The heart is a small thing, but desireth great matters. It is not sufficient for a kite's dinner, yet the whole world is not sufficient for it.

Reason can discover things only near,--sees nothing that's above her.

Read not books alone, but men, and amongst them chiefly thyself.

If thou wouldst preserve a sound body, use fasting and walking; if a healthful soul, fasting and praying. Walking exercises the body; praying exercises the soul; fasting cleanses both.

Beware of him that is slow to anger; for when it is long coming, it is the stronger when it comes, and the longer kept. Abused patience turns to fury.

O lust, thou infernal fire, whose fuel is gluttony; whose flame is pride, whose sparkles are wanton words; whose smoke is infamy; whose ashes are uncleanness; whose end is hell.

That friendship will not continue to the end which is begun for an end.

The fountain of beauty is the heart and every generous thought illustrates the walls of your chamber.

Mercy turns her back to the unmerciful.

I am not interested in whether you've stood with the great. I am interested in whether you've sat broken.

Your greatest acts result from your greatest love.

He who laughs lasts.

Racism and injustice and violence sweep our world, bringing a tragic harvest of heartache and death.

I guess if you're a normal person and all of a sudden you're getting $10 million a year, it can go to your head.

I won't be threatened or intimidated by anyone and I've always been prepared to do what is necessary to defend my interests.

Loads of people, particularly artists, hate pretty pictures. Now I've never met anyone who didn't like a pretty face.

It was his own grief turned magically to song.

None of our republics would be anything if we weren't all together; but we have to create our own history - history of United Yugoslavia, also in the future.

Sorry...I got distracted listening to you and hot glued myself to my unicorn