Wealth tends to create enemies, whereas knowledge tends to warm hearts.

Never explain yourself to anyone, because the one who likes you would not need it, and the one dislikes you wouldn't believe it.

Body is purified by water. Ego by tears. Intellect is purified by knowledge. And soul is purified with love.

Be like a flower that gives its fragrance even to the hand that crushed it.

Never make a decision in anger and never make a promise in happiness.

A hopeless man sees difficulties in every chance, but a hopeful person sees chances in every difficulty.

Beautiful people are not always good, but good people are always beautiful.

The worst of our faults is our interest in other people's faults.

People are of two types, they are either your brothers in faith or your equals in humanity.

Hide the good you do, and make known the good done to you.

There are three signs of a knowledgeable person: knowledge, forbearance and silence.

The moment you believe you will fail, you have already lost the battle.

Excuses are like butt holes everyone has 'em and they all stink.

God's love and mercy are for all people.

We must rekindle the fire of idealism in our society.

It would be good for the workers in Vietnam even as it helps make sure that they're not undercutting competition here in the United States.

I had lots of opportunities to survive this [popularity] madness. Madame de Staël said, "Glory is the bright mourning of happiness."

The tapestry of history is woven of many threads.

Every artist, to me, should know why they're doing what they're doing. You shouldn't create simply because it sounds good to you. That's not a real response to me.

Would I rather be dental floss or a toothbrush? is that a question? Um, I would actually rather be floss, I think, if I was using me. Because I don't really floss enough.

Let all the laws be clear, uniform and precise for interpreting laws is almost always to corrupt them.