How little you know about the age you live in if you think that honey is sweeter than cash in hand

My hopes are not always realized, but I always hope.

A horse never runs so fast as when he has other horses to catch up and outpace.

Quarrels are the dowry which married folk bring one another.

Be patient and tough; someday this pain will be useful to you.

Make the workmanship surpass the materials.

Love is no assignment for cowards.

Happy is the man who has broken the chains which hurt the mind, and has given up worrying once and for all.

The man who has experienced shipwreck shudders even at a calm sea.

Dripping water hollows out stone, not through force but through persistence.

If you want to be loved, be lovable.

The true Mind is one that exists before and beyond one's delusional, self-centered, attachment-filled mind.

Every time he tries to fly high, but his memories always hold his broken wings.

I work in a restaurant in an airport in Taiwan. I am eighteen years old and I don’t like my job because everyone gets on planes and leaves. And I want to leave too.

The practice of charity will bind us - will bind all men in one great brotherhood.

The best people all have some kind of scar.

A great book begins with an idea; a great life, with a determination.

The happiest woman sees not gladness alone reflected from her mirror; its surface will inevitably be sometimes dimmed with sighs.

Ritual is important to us as human beings. It ties us to our traditions and our histories.

I am committed to cultivating loving speech and deep listening in order to bring joy and happiness to others and relieve others of their suffering.

We must have sweeping, generous immigration reform, make existing law- abiding Hispanics welcome. Most are hard working family people.