There are some men who are witty when they are in a bad humor, and others only when they are sad.

Words are like eyeglasses they blur everything that they do not make clear.

Monuments are the grappling-irons that bind one generation to another.

The aim of argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress.

Without the spiritual world the material world is a disheartening enigma.

The best remedy for a short temper is a long walk.

A part of kindness consists in loving people more than they deserve.

We find little in a book but what we put there. But in great books, the mind finds room to put many things.

The evening of life brings with it its lamps.

He who has imagination without learning has wings but no feet.

Close your eyes and you will see.

Of course, I rationalize the fear. I realize it’s not real, that my house isn’t burning down, that the deer aren’t going to kill me.

Unholy battered old thing you were, my sunflower O my soul, I loved you then!

Jan'nah and Jahannum will both contain sinners, but Jan'nah will have sinners who repented

The bird of truth would not be able to fly if it weren't for the air of lies we breathe.

the heaviest anguish often precedes a return tide of joy and courage.

It is often pleasant to stone a martyr, no matter how much we may admire him.

Daily life is the enemy of greatness.

The systems that fail are those that rely on the permanency of human nature, and not its growth and development.

Our minds are shaped by the books we read. Our characters, by the people we meet. Our spirits by the love we give.

Adolescence is that time when I think, it can be- it's the cruelest place on Earth. It can really be heartless.