What is life without its angles of difficulty and defeat, and its tip of triumph and power?

My first wish is to be simple in my actions, truthful in my speech, honest in my opinions, and natural in my behavior. In other words, I want to be clean in mind, heart, and body.

Truth breeds power, and truth never perishes.

Ignorance and fear are twins whose mother is slavery and whose father is oppression, and the mentality of the whole family is that of slaves.

I give priority to up-bringing over education because the ultimate goal of up-bringing is morals, and we have a more urgent need for morals than for knowledge.

The religious fanatic drew a small circle and left me, the infidel, outside it. However, I, with the help of love, won over him - I drew a large circle and included him.

The West for me means ambition, the East contentment. My heart is ever in one, my soul in the other.

Fire and light compete today in the East. But there is a lot of green firewood in this fire, and there is a lot of smoke in that light.

Our Phoenician ancestors never left anything they undertook unfinished. Consider what they accomplished in their days, and the degree of culture they attained.

Self-reliance leads to intellectual independence. Each man must think for himself, must train the mind to think, must habituate the soul to observe and analyze.

Breathless and unharmed, we emerge from the mazes of metaphysics and psychology where man and the soul are playing hide-and-seek.

If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.

The smile is the most beautiful ornament that you can wear.

To illuminate the world, let your love shine like the morning sun.

Seek the good in life and life will be good to you.

He was her enemy, and she hated him because she could not hate him enough.

Sometimes it's best not to see your whole path laid out before you. Let life surprise you...There are more stars out there than just the ones with names. And they're all beautiful.

How idle is this prating about natural rights as though still containing all that had been forfeited.

Don't open your diamonds in a vegetable market. Tie them in bundle and keep them in your heart, and go your own way.

I learned that by being entertaining you make a connection with another person.

I sometimes like the pictures photographers take of me.