However much you are read in theory, if thou hast no practice thou art ignorant

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.

You’re my favorite person of all time, I see something more beautiful than the universe.

I have been both a ghost and haunted in the city I love.

I don't really need to be inspired by literature though. At the end of the day it's colour and imagery moved around until it works.

Think of people as people, not problems that need to be solved.

A lot of my time is spent reading antique or out-of-print books of reference.

I get sillier as I get older, so I don't know what wisdom means. I can only pass on something that I've been acquainted with and let whomever it is pick the bones out of it

I don't think there's anything innately erotic about pigs. But, generally, they are sweet, shy, mysterious creatures. Especially the little ones. When they get big, they get kinda gross

Lice have been with us and evolving with us for as long as we have existed.

In McKinsey's world, all of life is one of two things: strategy or organization.

Benevolence and feeling ennoble the most trifling actions.