So long as you can sweeten another's pain, life is not in vain.

Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see a shadow.

The only thing worse than being blind is having sight and no vision.

No one has a right to consume happiness without producing it.

The only thing worse than being blind is having sight but no vision.

The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched - they must be felt with the heart.

Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved.

Walking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light.

Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.

Often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one that has been opened for us.

Never bend your head. Always hold it high. Look the world straight in the eye.

Fantasy, if it's really convincing, can't become dated, for the simple reason that it represents a flight into a dimension that lies beyond the reach of time.

When we struggle to change ourselves we, in fact, only continue the patterns of self-judgement and aggression. We keep the war against ourselves alive.

Taking a shaky breath, I spoke. “Well, recently, I learned how much my words affect people, even if it’s just one word.

He took her hand from her head and held it in his. "Your beauty could make a rose blush." "Are you... drunk?

A writer is not interested in explaining reality, he’s only interested in capturing it.

I think when you have spent the money that we have, it's bound to bring it's own pressure. The players have shown that they can handle that though. (on Chelsea)

All of our holy fathers knew this and all with one accord teach that perfection in holiness can be achieved only through humility.

No matter what happens in the future, no matter where our paths take us, this moment will be ours.

You can't conquer reality by running away from it.

I always did poetry, and [rap music is] pretty much hip-hop melody with poems.