The secret of life is balance, and the absence of balance is life's destruction.

Stand through life firm as a rock in the sea, undisturbed and unmoved by its ever-rising waves

Some people look for a beautiful place, others make a place beautiful.

Each human personality is like a piece of music, having an individual tone and a rhythm of its own.

Our virtues are made by love, and our sins are caused by the lack of it.

The words that enlighten the soul are more precious than jewels.

When we pay attention to nature's music, we find that everything on the Earth contributes to its harmony.

When I open my eyes to the outer world I feel myself as a drop in the sea. But when I close my eyes and look within, I see the whole universe as a bubble raised in the ocean of my heart.

Love is the merchandise which all the world demands; if you store it in your heart, every soul will become your customer.

Everything in life is speaking in spite of it's apparent silence.

God breaks the heart again and again and again until it stays open.

Yeah, I said the universe. Call it Fate or The Force or whatever you want. Everything is everything. It's all part of one big system. I like to think of it as the universe.

The main things which seem to me important on their own account, and not merely as means to other things, are knowledge, art, instinctive happiness, and relations of friendship or affection.

Over a period of time, I think the popular will in Iran will prevail.

How many years must a man do nothing, before he can at all know what is to be done and how to do it!

No, I've never truly been a minister.

Swiss Cheese is a rip-off It's the only cheese I can bite into and miss

The plan of "counting the chickens before they are hatched" is an error of ancient date, but it does not seem to improve by age.

Whatever else it is, the kingdom of God is decidedly not a call to violent revolution.

Commerce is the great civilizer. We exchange ideas when we exchange fabrics.

I wouldn't consider myself Goth, but I love Gothic pieces.