That which is produced with intention has passed over from non-existence to existence.

Truth does not become more true by virtue of the fact that the entire world agrees with it, nor less so even if the whole world disagrees with it.

Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.

I will destroy my enemies by converting them to friends.

There are eight levels of charity.... The highest is when you strengthen a man's hand until he need no longer be dependent upon others.

The physician should not treat the disease but the patient who is suffering from it

Teach thy tongue to say 'I do not know,' and thou shalt progress.

There are eight rungs in charity. The highest is when you help a man to help himself.

Let nothing which can be treated by diet be treated by other means.

Do not consider it proof just because it is written in books, for a liar who will deceive with his tongue will not hesitate to do the same with his pen.

God who preceded all existence is a refuge.

Nothing in life has any business being perfect.

There are three signs of old age: loss of memory ... I forget the other two.

The shallow teapot does the most spouting, and boils dry most quickly!

At the age of 18 I don't think that I thought very differently than I did at the age of 25. I think we instinctively have the knowledge and adapt the knowledge we need.

Most actors don't really have a director's sensibility. They have an actor's sensibility.

Liberty is the harmony between the will and the law.

Maybe this society, if anything, has become more patriarchal, and that has to be combated.

We can save ourselves, but only if we let go of the myth of dominance and mastery and learn to work with nature.

If I've made it a little easier for artists to work in violence, great! I've accomplished something.

Be like the fox who makes more tracks than necessary, some in the wrong direction. Practice resurrection.