Nothing is swifter than our years.

My hopes are not always realized, but I always hope.

A horse never runs so fast as when he has other horses to catch up and outpace.

Quarrels are the dowry which married folk bring one another.

Be patient and tough; someday this pain will be useful to you.

Make the workmanship surpass the materials.

Love is no assignment for cowards.

Happy is the man who has broken the chains which hurt the mind, and has given up worrying once and for all.

The man who has experienced shipwreck shudders even at a calm sea.

Dripping water hollows out stone, not through force but through persistence.

If you want to be loved, be lovable.

One of the greatest responsibilities of an organization’s leadership is to communicate with unwavering clarity the values on which the organization has been built.

I'm better at being a lawyer than I am at being a writer.

Iraq is not going to starve to death because of the absence of assistance from Arab countries.

Life if curious when reduced to its essentials

I choose material instinctually - at the heart of it are characters that I feel are fresh and original, and allow for an opportunity to, I suppose, explore uncharted ground.

Unfinished paintings are more admired than the finished because the artist's actual thoughts are left visible.

Rest strengthens the body, the mind too is thus supported; but unremitting toil destroys both.

Spirituality is your original face; it is the discovery of your intrinsic nature.

Either you defend the status quo, or you invent the future.

I don't think anybody thinks about their past much, unless they're in a mental institution.