Those are fools however learned Who have not learned to walk with the world.

How can one, who eats the flesh of others to swell his flesh, show compassion?

The only gift is giving to the poor; All else is exchange.

There is no greater wealth than Virtue,And no greater loss than to forget it.

Even more than the time when she gave birth, a mother feels her greatest joy when she hears others refer to her son as a wise learned one.

The biggest fool is he who has learned much, taught much, and is still discontented.

Be wise among the wise, but pretend to be dull among fools.

The lotus' stem is as long as the depth of water, So men's height is just as great as their inner strength.

Real kindness seeks no return.

Friendship with the wise gets better with time, as a good book gets better with age.

Among a man's many good possessions, A good command of speech has no equal. Prosperity and ruin issue from the power of the tongue. Therefore, guard yourself against thoughtless speech.

If grace belongs to God, there are those who say that luck belongs to the Devil and that he looks after his own.

Prayer is not only to receive answers but to communicate with God..

We are all scared

Acceptance is the truest kinship with humanity.

The past is no longer yours; the future is not yet in your power. You have only the present wherein to do good.

To sing of Wars, of Captains, and of Kings/Of Cities founded, Common-wealths begun/For my mean Pen are too superior things.

Something larger is happening than just going to heaven.

I am athirst for God, the living God.

I was once like you, enlightened and "rational", I too scoffed at lovers, Now I am drunk, crazed, thin with misery. No one is safe! Watch out.

You never find people laboring to convince you that you may live very happily upon a plentiful income.