People's hearts are like wild animals. They attach their selves to those that love and train them.

Never explain yourself to anyone, because the one who likes you would not need it, and the one dislikes you wouldn't believe it.

Body is purified by water. Ego by tears. Intellect is purified by knowledge. And soul is purified with love.

Be like a flower that gives its fragrance even to the hand that crushed it.

Never make a decision in anger and never make a promise in happiness.

A hopeless man sees difficulties in every chance, but a hopeful person sees chances in every difficulty.

Beautiful people are not always good, but good people are always beautiful.

The worst of our faults is our interest in other people's faults.

People are of two types, they are either your brothers in faith or your equals in humanity.

Hide the good you do, and make known the good done to you.

There are three signs of a knowledgeable person: knowledge, forbearance and silence.

What are you going to do?,' he asked me. Me? Nothing. Something has just been broken inside me; you yourself will never be able to repair it.

I've got my wife. I've got my four kids. I've got parents, grandparents still, and three really good friends. It's all you need. I'd rather have three really good friends than 20 good friends.

Preventing the new generation from changing in any deep way is what most societies require of their educators.

Stupidity consists in wanting to reach conclusions. We are a thread, and we want to know the whole cloth.

Our laughter is always the laughter of a group.

Ultimately, I'm in control of what's going on in the books, so I can back off, if it's scaring me too much.

The last laugh, the last cup of coffee, the last sunset, the last time you jump through a sprinkler, or eat an ice-cream cone, or stick your tongue out to catch a snowflake. You just don't know.

Well, I'm really not supposed to speak to strangers, but we've met before.

Things are recalibrated according to new perspectives and perceptions. It's fascinating to me.

I don't t drink coffee, but I'm a tea addict.