Much misconstruction and bitterness are spared to him who thinks naturally upon what he owes to others rather than on what he ought to expect from them.

Silence nurtures the soul, relaxes the body temple and gives us the strength we need in moments of uncertainty. Welcome it.

Delayed gratification is a major virtue that is missing from our society.

Everybody is waiting for cooler weather--and I am just waiting for you--. (Bob Dylan in a letter)

I am fearfully and wonderfully made.

It is very difficult to imagine that you can actually get rid of a dictatorship that has been there for 60 years only in 18 days.

I was really into hip-hop as a teenager. I dressed up like Tupac with baggy jeans and a dodgy bandanna around my head. I was pretty confused at that time.

At the time, when you're being dissected and judged it's pretty brutal, but in hindsight it's great and - it sounds cliched - you do come out the other side better and stronger.

We are not the person other people wish we were. We are who we decide to be.

I'm a bit of a glutton - I eat too much of all that is good to eat.

But what's so blessed-fair that fears no blot? Thou mayst be false, and yet I know it not.