The ridiculous is produced by any defect that is unattended by pain, or fatal consequences; thus, an ugly and deformed countenance does not fail to cause laughter, if it is not occasioned by pain.

It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light.

Happiness depends upon ourselves.

Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all.

Adventure is worthwhile.

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.

Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.

Education is an ornament in prosperity and a refuge in adversity.

Be a free thinker and don't accept everything you hear as truth. Be critical and evaluate what you believe in.

Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.

Criticism is something we can avoid easily by saying nothing, doing nothing, and being nothing.

The fear of failure, the fear of competition, the fear of being ridiculed, the fear of running out of expenses and many more such issues encompass us when we start thinking about our dreams.

The soldiers in my life had raised the bar for bad guys.

Wherever the Legionary's hand and soul show up, a garden appears.

Try them, try them, and you may! Try them and you may, I say.

We must learn to live with contradictions, because they lead to deeper and more effective understanding.

I wrote my first books when I was single and then I got married and then had a kid and there were different things happening in my life.

I love making Italian food. And coconut chicken.

True purity, however, is a direction, a persistent, determined pursuit of righteousness. This direction starts in the heart, and we express it in a lifestyle that flees opportunities for compromise.

Destiny waits in the hand of God, not in the hands of statesmen.

I dote on his very absence.