Knowledge is but folly unless it is guided by grace.

The best mirror is an old friend.

A great dowry is a bed full of brables. [A great dowry is a bed full of brambles.]

The honey is sweet, but the Bee stings.

You cannot make a windmill go with a pair of bellows.

A good mother is worth hundreds of schoolmasters.

The eyes have one language everywhere.

Help thyself, and God will help thee.

A gentle heart is tied with an easy thread.

If a donkey bray at you, don't bray at him.

Thou who hast given so much to me, give me one more thing... a grateful heart!

I’m fulfilling my calling no matter what is happening and against whom

Holy freaking crap. A suicide bomber just detonated a bomb in my brain,

Reason gains all people by compelling none.

At the end of life, at the end of YOUR life, what essence emerges? What have you filled the world with? In remembering you, what words will others choose?

An alcoholic is someone you don't like who drinks as much as you do.

one pierced moment whiter than the rest -turning from the tremendous lie of sleep i watch the roses of the day grow deep.

It occurred to me that if Africa needed us, sometimes we needed Africa a great deal more.

Compassion, caring, teaching, loving, and sharing your gifts, talents, and abilities are the gateways to power.

Our experience of many life circumstances is a function of our personal perspective and not the circumstance itself.

Nature has her proper interest; and he will know what it is, who believes and feels, that every Thing has a Life of its own, and that we are all one Life.