Lazy hands make a man poor, but diligent hands bring wealth.

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.

Enlightenment means taking full responsibility for your life.

Jesus is the seat belt of the roller coaster ride that doesn't let me fall

Teachers still command great respect in the families and societies of many Asian cultures.

You can tell me to stop any time you want, but you won't.

I learnt early on that your audience take the songs in the way they want to rather than the way you might want them too.

You can be arrested and not charged. You can be arrested and have no right to counsel.

In education, once more, the chief things are equality and freedom.

You have to be aware of who you're talking to in an audience.

The approbation of others is a stimulus of which one must sometimes be wary. The feeling of one's own strength makes one modest.

I go from being hugely hopeful and entertaining to... really not. I'm not manic depressive, but I can really go to the darker side.