The chemist who can extract from his heart's elements compassion respect longing patience regret surprise and forgiveness and compound them into one can create that atom which is called love.

Our anxiety does not come from thinking about the future, but from wanting to control it.

Keep me away from the wisdom which does not cry, the philosophy which does not laugh and the greatness which does not bow before children.

When you are sorrowful look again in your heart, and you shall see that in truth you are weeping for that which has been your delight.

We choose our joys and sorrows long before we experience them.

When you reach the end of what you should know, you will be at the beginning of what you should sense.

Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity.

I love you when you bow in your mosque, kneel in your temple, pray in your church. For you and I are sons of one religion, and it is the spirit.

If your heart is a volcano, how shall you expect flowers to bloom?

You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give.

Poetry is a deal of joy and pain and wonder, with a dash of the dictionary.

Self-discipline is a learned habit that should be developed and continuously worked on through regular application, practice, and repetition.

It's hard to kill that father-son bond.

It's a good rule of thumb, it seems to me: if you're not allowed to see where something comes from, don't put it in your mouth.

I tried to manipulate and control people, and I harbored resentment. I wanted to be forgiven, but I wouldn't forgive others.

I'm doubtful about the temper of your flamingo. Shall I try the experiment?

I'm not sure what the future holds but I do know that I'm going to be positive.

Zealots are like one track-pony. Don't get in their way without expecting to get hurt.

You have to organize, organize, organize, and build and build, and train and train, so that there is a permanent, vibrant structure of which people can be part.

My Son, these maxims make a rule An lump them ay thegither: The Rigid Righteous is a fool, The Rigid Wise anither.

All diseases of Christians are to be ascribed to demons; chiefly do they torment freshly-baptized Christians, yea, even the guiltless new-born infants.