Riches are intended for the comfort of life, and not life for the purpose of hoarding riches.

A wise man among the ignorant is as a beautiful girl in the company of blind men.

Have patience. All things are difficult before they become easy.

Whatever makes an impression on the heart seems lovely in the eye.

I fear God the most, but after Him, I fear those who don't fear Him.

You who feel no pain at the suffering of others It is not fitting for you to be called human.

When the belly is empty, the body becomes spirit; and when it is full, the spirit becomes body.

It's no virtue to gain the whole world. Just gain the heart of one person.

If a gem falls into mud it is still valuable. If dust ascends to heaven, it remains valueless.

The best loved by God are those that are rich, yet have the humility of the poor, and those that are poor and have the magnanimity of the rich.

Whoever acquires knowledge but does not practice it is as one who ploughs but does not sow.

Kindness is the supreme intelligence.

Maybe, in the end, a home is a place where you have no other choice but to stay.

I heard the various terms of abuse at school and probably indulged them in the way you do as a kid.

I can see now that I should have been strong enough to conquer myself.

I was in a no-win situation, so I'm glad that I won rather than lost

I'm not really the party person. I don't "become myself" once I'm drunk. I don't use alcohol to be happy.

I like to go back and read poems that I wrote fifty years ago, twenty years ago, and sometimes they surprise me - I didn't know I knew that then. Or maybe I didn't know it then, and I know more now.

Students who acquire large debts putting themselves through school are unlikely to think about changing society. When you trap people in a system of debt, they can't afford the time to think.

I like the challenge. I do not like the attention.

When the State is corrupt, then the laws are most multiplied.