Reason is a light that God has kindled in the soul.

It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light.

Happiness depends upon ourselves.

Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all.

Adventure is worthwhile.

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.

Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.

Education is an ornament in prosperity and a refuge in adversity.

Be a free thinker and don't accept everything you hear as truth. Be critical and evaluate what you believe in.

Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.

Criticism is something we can avoid easily by saying nothing, doing nothing, and being nothing.

Writing without revising is the literary equivalent of waltzing gaily out of the house in your underwear.

DJ saw the change in his expression the moment before he dropped the ax, reached out with his gloved hand and, cupping her neck, drew her to him. “I believe you owe me a kiss.

Awaken to the opportunities available for you today. It’s not too late to be, do, and have, whatever you so desire. It’s only late if you don’t begin today, the time is now. Go, make it happen!

We forget that our bodies are the most valuable, precious thing we have and take that miracle of life for granted.

We are defined not by our borders but by our bonds.

For our self respect depends upon our ability to make requital, for good or for evil.

As chefs, we cook to please people, to nourish people.

Selfish men were...trying to make capital for themselves out of the sacred cause of civil rights

Love is authentic only when it gives freedom. Love is true only when it respects the other person's individuality, his privacy.

I remember World Cups in 1982 and 1986 when we weren't there and we'd support Belgium or Denmark, .. They had some players who played in Holland and they were a bit like the Dutch.