Virtue is in the mind, not in the appearance.

A wise man among the ignorant is as a beautiful girl in the company of blind men.

Have patience. All things are difficult before they become easy.

Whatever makes an impression on the heart seems lovely in the eye.

I fear God the most, but after Him, I fear those who don't fear Him.

You who feel no pain at the suffering of others It is not fitting for you to be called human.

When the belly is empty, the body becomes spirit; and when it is full, the spirit becomes body.

It's no virtue to gain the whole world. Just gain the heart of one person.

If a gem falls into mud it is still valuable. If dust ascends to heaven, it remains valueless.

The best loved by God are those that are rich, yet have the humility of the poor, and those that are poor and have the magnanimity of the rich.

Whoever acquires knowledge but does not practice it is as one who ploughs but does not sow.

Go chase your dreams. Give it a try. And see how far you can go.

I wouldn't change what happened to me because then I wouldn't have this chance, in front of all of you, to embrace more people than I ever could have with two arms.

Everyone lies. Or they have amnesia.

The most popular persons are those who take the world as it is who find the least fault.

I hate to be fatalistic about it, but alcoholism, it's just in your genes. We had some of it in my family, and it just got me.

I say what I need to, not a whole lot more.

Let me state here and now that the black woman in America can justly be described as a 'slave of a slave.

Even before the concentration camps, I felt it was my duty to my ancestors to preserve a world that might cease to exist.

There are 6 billion people in the world. It's hard to find the one person who's right for you.