It may be argued that peoples for whom philosophers legislate are always prosperous.

It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light.

Happiness depends upon ourselves.

Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all.

Adventure is worthwhile.

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.

Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.

Education is an ornament in prosperity and a refuge in adversity.

Be a free thinker and don't accept everything you hear as truth. Be critical and evaluate what you believe in.

Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.

Criticism is something we can avoid easily by saying nothing, doing nothing, and being nothing.

I was conscious, then, of a different ache, deeper and more sharp than the feeling of bereavement that a hangover will sometimes uncover in the heart.

Caregivers had to take care of themselves, and part of that meant having a life beyond whatever illness had put them in their cole.

Any coward can fight a battle when he's sure of winning.

A lot of black men have problems being emotionally vulnerable because of the boundaries and parameters that have been put onto them by society.

I would love to, if someone would lend me the money.

For we were little Christian children and early learned the value of forbidden fruit.

I want to be a man's man - not a kid actor or a glitzy pop star but a no-bullshit leading man.

All practice or worship is only for taking off this veil. When that will go, you will find that the Sun of Absolute Knowledge is shining in Its own lustre.

My life all-around is really different than a lot of other poets. Not poets that are parents, too, but just that I can hardly find anyone who works in the industries that I've worked in.

The journalistic photographer can have no other than a personal approach; and it is impossible for him to be completely objective. Honest—yes. Objective—no.