He who is intoxicated with wine will be sober again in the course of the night, but he who is intoxicated by the cupbearer will not recover his senses until the day of judgement.

A wise man among the ignorant is as a beautiful girl in the company of blind men.

Have patience. All things are difficult before they become easy.

Whatever makes an impression on the heart seems lovely in the eye.

I fear God the most, but after Him, I fear those who don't fear Him.

You who feel no pain at the suffering of others It is not fitting for you to be called human.

When the belly is empty, the body becomes spirit; and when it is full, the spirit becomes body.

It's no virtue to gain the whole world. Just gain the heart of one person.

If a gem falls into mud it is still valuable. If dust ascends to heaven, it remains valueless.

The best loved by God are those that are rich, yet have the humility of the poor, and those that are poor and have the magnanimity of the rich.

Whoever acquires knowledge but does not practice it is as one who ploughs but does not sow.

This, she realizes, is the basis of all fear. That a light you are powerless to stop will turn on you and usher a bullet to its mark.

I remember her words to me when I left school: Your mind will be your comfort. It is, sometimes. And sometimes it isn't.

The future is not in the hands of fate but in ours.

I'm trying figuring out how to be the best person I can be. But it's been a process of trial and error.

The true purpose of life is the perfection of humanity through individual effort, under the guidance of God's inspiration.

I'm trying to be among the elite night after night, year after year. I just want to be the best ... and I love winning.

No poem, not even Shakespeare or Milton or Chaucer, is ever strong enough to totally exclude every crucial precursor text or poem.

Talking jaw is better than going to war.

Our journey into consciousness of wealth begins with the realization that we have already arrived!

I grew up in Manhattan, and I've always had all kinds of people around me. I've always had a very 'live and let live' point of view.