I have found the one whom my soul loves.

The first step in the acquisition of wisdom is silence, the second listening, the third memory, the fourth practice, the fifth teaching others.

Your own soul is nourished when you are kind; it is destroyed when you are cruel.

A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.

Words kill, words give life; they're either poison or fruit--- YOU choose.

The human mind is an organ for the discovery of truths rather than of falsehoods.

The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.

Love is as strong as death; its jealousy as unyielding as the grave. It burns like a blazing fire; like a mighty flame. Many waters cannot quench love, rivers cannot wash it away

The lesser of two evils is still evil.

Most social acts have to be understood in their setting, and lose meaning if isolated.

most social acts have to be understood in their setting, and lose meaning if isolated. No error in thinking about social facts is more serious than the failure to see their place and function.

Next to creating a life the finest thing a man can do is save one.

I suppose that it doesn't matter whether a song is written or sung by a man or a woman. If the sentiment is there, it captures the audience.

Equally, the Internet interprets attempts at proprietary control as threats and mobilizes to defeat them.

When Misfortune is asleep, let no one wake her.

The poor are great! The poor are wonderful! The poor are very generous! They give us much more than what we give them.

Saying she doesn't mind being alone...that she's alright... There isn't a person alive who'd really feel that way!

It's important to keep indie record stores alive because their unique environments introduce music lovers to things in a very personal way.

Having the opportunity to fly the first flight of something like a space shuttle was the ultimate test flight.

Verse is a set of specially related sounds, repeated aloud.

When I was younger I thought I was an artist, and inspiration would just come to me.