Whatever you are trying to avoid won't go away until you confront it.

We can only keep what we have by being willing to freely give it away; a paraphrase of Jesus Christ.

Best smiles come after the toughest time.

Religion is like a blind man looking in a black room for a black cat that isn't there, and finding it.

Out of your vulnerabilities will come your strength.

If God is for us, who can be against us?

If I could speak all the languages of earth and of angels, but didn't love others, I would only be a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal.

Why not learn to enjoy the little things-there are so many of them.

Remember the past, plan for the future, but live for today, because yesterday is gone and tomorrow may never come.

War does not determine who is right - only who is left.

God helps those who help themselves.

I feel thankful for the grace of life.

I may forget myself, but you I could never forget.

Are we concentrating more on the kingdom of this world than on the kingdom that is not of this world?

There' s nothing good in war. Except its ending.

You have to have the right mind-set.

Considersing the forebearance of a person, Do not harass him.

There are not many original shapes or silhouettes -- only a million variations.

In my heart I mean well. But if you help me to grow, then what I have in my heart will begin to show.

Holy Istanbul! Your name is the most enchanting one of all names which enchants me.

Don't wish for "secrets" of the masters, either. There are none worth fooling with. They had no special mediums or paints, nor special brushes that made their work great.