He, who learns and makes no use of his learning, is a beast of burden, with a load of books.

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.

If you have to ask if you’ve done enough, you haven’t. Each day brings with it the opportunity to do more than you did yesterday.

You're elegance in a misunderstood form. Crystal quartz in a world of platinum. Oh, my dizzy boy, there's a fire in you that I use to warm my hands on chilly mornings.

The attempt to prevent our kids from struggling for fear it might scar their permanent records is, instead, scarring them for life.

Maurice has been a revelation, on and off the field.

Culture is on the horns of this dilemma: if profound and noble it must remain rare, if common it must become mean.

Health, money. That's what people worried about in the 14th century as much as today. I find it so much more interesting than the supposed activities of kings, queens, generals.

I'm a textbook definition of that perfectionist girl who has huge expectations of herself.

Henry Ford, who despite his immense wealth never owned a Cadillac. Never got a dinner!

The competition is cutthroat, even among best friends. And you have to be able to, by virtue of experience, be able to deal with it.

The forms have value only so far as they are expressions of the life within. If they have ceased to express life, crush them out without mercy.