O Lord, help me not to despise or oppose what I do not understand.

Humility and knowledge in poor clothes excel pride and ignorance in costly attire.

Right is right, even if everyone is against it, and wrong is wrong, even if everyone is for it.

The secret of happiness is to count your blessings while others are adding up their troubles.

Time is what we want most, but what we use worst.

Men must be governed by God or they will be ruled by tyrants.

Knowledge is the treasure, but judgment the treasurer, of a wise man.

True silence is the rest of the mind, and is to the spirit what sleep is to the body, nourishment and refreshment.

No pain, no palm; no thorns, no throne; no gall, no glory; no cross, no crown.

They that love beyond the world cannot be separated by it. Death cannot kill what never dies.

Death is only a horizon, and a horizon is only the limit of your sight. Open your eyes to see more clearly.

Get close enough to someone and his or her halo slips--not because they're bad, but because they're mortal.

The ones who love your dark are the only light you'll ever need.

Maybe this is the point: to embrace the core sadness of life without toppling headlong into it, or assuming it will define your days.

The violence engulfing the region today has made too many Israelis ready to abandon the hard work of peace. But let’s be clear: the status quo in the West Bank and Gaza is not sustainable.

Should ever anything be missed - milk, coals, umbrellas, brandy - the cat's pitched into with a boot or anything that's handy.

If you keep chasing your dreams, one day you'll catch them.

Point your feet in the direction you want to go and your life will follow.

We are the most brutal with the people we love the most.

A system devolving power to the regions is the route to a viable Iraq.

Remember, not one penny can we take with us into the unknown land.