How can one, who eats the flesh of others to swell his flesh, show compassion?

The only gift is giving to the poor; All else is exchange.

There is no greater wealth than Virtue,And no greater loss than to forget it.

Even more than the time when she gave birth, a mother feels her greatest joy when she hears others refer to her son as a wise learned one.

The biggest fool is he who has learned much, taught much, and is still discontented.

Be wise among the wise, but pretend to be dull among fools.

The lotus' stem is as long as the depth of water, So men's height is just as great as their inner strength.

Real kindness seeks no return.

Friendship with the wise gets better with time, as a good book gets better with age.

Among a man's many good possessions, A good command of speech has no equal. Prosperity and ruin issue from the power of the tongue. Therefore, guard yourself against thoughtless speech.

Nothing is impossible for those who act after wise counsel and careful thought.

What do they know of cricket who only cricket know?

Fred Ruskin barreled through the rain down Buchanan Street in his battered Pacer, the jar his dead wife had directed him to retrieve from his nephew’s coffin bouncing in the seat beside him.

It's far too late for anything but magick, as the future is clearly up for grabs.

Books can change your life. Some of the most influential people in our lives are characters we meet in books.

It's always surprised me that the most successful and really amazing shows are also the happiest environments, and very welcoming.

What the world needs is not redemption from sin but redemption from hunger and oppression; it has no need to pin its hopes upon Heaven, it has everything to hope for from this earth.

This Reese's Chevrolet was downright awesome.

Of the whole public not a handful can understand the artist's point of view or the writer's conscience.

Have courage, be capable of loving.... Be happy in love. Be joyful in victory. Follow the dictates of your heart.

I spent six years in Bible study because I needed to get grounded. People really need to spend time in the Bible getting to know the God they claim to love.