Though strength be wanting, the will to action Merits praise.

My hopes are not always realized, but I always hope.

A horse never runs so fast as when he has other horses to catch up and outpace.

Quarrels are the dowry which married folk bring one another.

Be patient and tough; someday this pain will be useful to you.

Make the workmanship surpass the materials.

Love is no assignment for cowards.

Happy is the man who has broken the chains which hurt the mind, and has given up worrying once and for all.

The man who has experienced shipwreck shudders even at a calm sea.

Dripping water hollows out stone, not through force but through persistence.

If you want to be loved, be lovable.

You arrange your life based on what "everyone" thinks of you or what you think they think of you, whoever everyone is...

Jealousy clings to love's underside like bats to a bridge.

A writer creates wings of words and lets them fly in the sky of readers' minds.

It's easier to ponder the future than it is to do something about the present.

It's like somebody stuffed him in a barrel full of moonshine-proof cluelessness and then left him there to get pickled in it while it fermented into malice.

Be patient with the boys - you are dealing with soul-stuff.

The Bible and studying the Bible has been an important part of my life.

If the sage wants to stand above people, he must speak to them from below. If he wants to lead people, he must follow them from behind.

It is not surprising, then, that in the decade since Oslo began, Arafat used all the resources placed at his disposal to fan the flames of hatred against Israel.

It is only logical for the translator to become a part of the world of the author.