If you could have walked on the planet before humans lived here, maybe the Ivory Coast would have seemed more beautiful than La Côte d'Azur.

Teaching others, he corrected himself.

They blossomed, they did not talk about blossoming.

Whatever others may say, they say it to deceive and comfort themselves, not help you.

It is easy to see the glow but hard to recognize the awakening of silence.

If you are good, they say you are weak.

We hear only our own voices, still echoes returning to our emptiness.

We built tall buildings, but we have not become any taller.

You not only are hunted by others, you unknowingly hunt yourself.

The same word we love and hate, leaves in different directions, taking different paths.

A breeze, a forgotten summer, a smile, all can fit into a storefront window.

Maybe I could dole out the truth in tiny pieces that, once assembled, would make a picture that resembled a reality in which I hadn’t done anything wrong.

There is no school equal to a decent home and no teacher equal to a virtuous parent.

You can see your real face only when you stop deceiving yourself! Until then, you will always see someone which is not you!

The secret of happiness is renunciation.

The work of our missionaries is a magnificent expression of the Lord's redeeming love.

Some of the words and symbols and images from childhood will continually be part and parcel of my personality.

There will be no universal peace until the Prince of Peace appears.

So you don't have time for concealer, you have time for powder for when you start crying later about how some boy doesn't like you.

The Negro was taught to speak the white man's tongue, worship the white God, and accept the white man as his superior.

The Persian Gulf is our lifeline ... We will respect international navigation, for us, freedom of navigation in the Persian Gulf is a must.