Heap up great wealth in your house, if you wish, and live as a tyrant, but, if the enjoyment of these things be lacking, I would not buy the rest for the shadow of smoke as against happiness.

One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life: That word is love.

Rather fail with honor than succeed by fraud.

The dice of Zeus always fall luckily.

Always desire to learn something useful

Believe that a further shore is reachable from here.

All men make mistakes, but a good man yields when he knows his course is wrong, and repairs the evil. The only crime is pride.

Children are the anchors of a mother's life.

Heaven ne'er helps the men who will not act.

There is nothing more hateful than bad advice.

Go then if you must, but remember, no matter how foolish your deeds, those who love you will love you still.

What if the church should be less concerned with creating saints than creating a world where we do not need saints? A world where people like Mother Teresa and MLK would have nothing to do.

My gods dwell in temples made with hands.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

Iran is the latest expression of a deep, ancient, powerful culture that's different than ours. And we don't know how it's going to play itself out.

The true leader is always led.

All my life, Following Care along the dusty road, Have I looked back on loveliness and sighed.

Replace your judgments with empathy, upgrade your complaining to gratitude and trade in your fear for love.

Girls don’t really recognize me on the street. No one has tried to serenade me or rip my shirt off.

Music to me is like breathing. I don't get tired of breathing, I don't get tired of music.

Argue for your limitations, and sure enough they're yours.