The desire, which is accomplished, is sweet to the soul.

The first step in the acquisition of wisdom is silence, the second listening, the third memory, the fourth practice, the fifth teaching others.

Your own soul is nourished when you are kind; it is destroyed when you are cruel.

A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.

Words kill, words give life; they're either poison or fruit--- YOU choose.

The human mind is an organ for the discovery of truths rather than of falsehoods.

The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.

Love is as strong as death; its jealousy as unyielding as the grave. It burns like a blazing fire; like a mighty flame. Many waters cannot quench love, rivers cannot wash it away

The lesser of two evils is still evil.

Most social acts have to be understood in their setting, and lose meaning if isolated.

most social acts have to be understood in their setting, and lose meaning if isolated. No error in thinking about social facts is more serious than the failure to see their place and function.

I think we need to develop a powerful dose of tolerance to understand each other’s humanness. None of us is perfect.

The word of God, softens every harden heart.

If we must die, we die defending our rights.

We are a strong democratic country.

If we try to define our own moral universe, there's a price for that.

Nothing has happened too fast, nothing has happened too slow. It has been a mellow rise, and I'm thankful for that. I haven't lost my head, and I haven't lost my desire to keep growing.

The beautiful spring came; and when Nature resumes her loveliness, the human soul is apt to revive also.

You know every cell in our bodies is completely renewed every seven years, so how can we talk about being the same person? We're absolutely not.

There's no law that says anybody has to do an interview.

If I sound like I'm enjoying myself, it's not artificial. It's real.