There is no story that is not true.

In dealing with a man who thinks you are a fool, it is good sometimes to remind him that you know what he knows but have chosen to appear foolish for the sake of peace.

There is that great proverb — that until the lions have their own historians, the history of the hunt will always glorify the hunter.

Nobody can teach me who I am. You can describe parts of me, but who I am - and what I need - is something I have to find out myself.

People say that if you find water rising up to your ankle, that's the time to do something about it, not when it's around your neck.

Become familiar with your home, but know also about your neighbors. The young man who never went anywhere thinks his mother is the greatest cook.

The damage done in one year can sometimes take ten or twenty years to repair.

When brothers fight to death a stranger inherit their father’s estate

If you only hear one side of the story, you have no understanding at all.

One of the truest tests of integrity is its blunt refusal to be compromised.

As long as one people sit on another and are deaf to their cry, so long will understanding and peace elude all of us.

Only through delayed gratification could you be able to come up with other virtues, character, trait that will really qualify you to call yourself a human being.

I'm a student of world religion, so to me, it's hugely important to have knowledge and to understand what people are doing.

I'm not being disrespectful of the medium; it's just not as important as the work that I actually do [books].

Christianity was never meant to be defined by its disciplines, but by its passions.

Men who sit back and pride themselves on their culture haven't any to speak of.

This is my last message to you: in sorrow, seek happiness.

To have much learning, to be skillful in handicraft, well-trained in discipline, and to be of good speech -- this is the greatest blessing.

One does not know where love will take you.

Society in shipwreck is comfort to all.

When Jared smiled, his teeth were stained with fresh scarlet. "Don't you hate me?" he demanded. "I'd hate me." "You just tried to drown yourself," Ash said. "You seem to hate yourself plenty already.