Our insignificance is often the cause of our safety.

It is not only fine feathers that make fine birds.

United we stand, divided we fall.

Every truth has two sides; it is as well to look at both, before we commit ourselves to either.

Better be wise by the misfortunes of others than by your own.

There's smoke in my iris, but I painted a sunny day on the insides of my eyelids

A doubtful friend is worse than a certain enemy. Let a man be one thing or the other, and we then know how to meet him.

We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office.

No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.

The little reed, bending to the force of the wind, soon stood upright again when the storm had passed over.

It is thrifty to prepare today for the wants of tomorrow.

Peace, love, empathy

If we all counted our blessings and then shared them with our neighbors, near and far, all our lives would be richer.

An ordinary intellect will, by industry and perseverance, often accomplish more than a much superior one, deficient in energy and the power of endurance.

Every family in Konya has at least one shoemaker in their midst, and I am one of those families.

You can take this job and shove it because I quit.

My mother said I was a star when I was about four years old. That's all I need.

There is nothing which strengthens faith more than the observance of morality.

There's a tradition of reenactment in documentary which is about sort of illustrating what the past might have been like.

I know I've abandoned the Amish lifestyle, but I still keep a lot of those beliefs ... I know I've stepped outside the boundaries a lot of times, but I still try to remember what's important to me.

What we call creative work, ought not to be called work at all, because it isn't. I imagine that Thomas Edison never did a day's work in his last fifty years.