When you share your last crust of bread with a beggar, you mustn't behave as if you were throwing a bone to a dog. You must give humbly, and thank him for allowing you to have a part in his hunger.

The man who offers an insult writes it in sand, but for the man who receives it, it's chiseled in bronze.

It is right to hate sin, but not to hate the sinner.

You can't expect that, after a poor fellow has written a book, he should also understand it.

Lord, my hands were made for blessing, but not my feet!

Sometimes you feel as though you've slandered yourself, but the joke's on them.

It takes us away from the world of strangersTo a new world of laughter With time the whirled churning deep insideAnd why does the smile fades, as age passes?

Stress and sleep deprivation had a funny way of liberating the mind from previously held truisms, replacing them with a more compliant desperation.

You don't send a man to his death because you want a hero.

My only concern was to get home after a hard day's work.

Global warming, you don't win it. It's this weird steady-state issue that's going to be with us for a few thousand years.

It is quite beneath the dignity of a person holding a Bachelor of Arts degree to engage in such a vulgar occupation as the writing of novels.

Free from passion and desire, you have stripped the thorns from the stem.

Everyone is desirous of his own pursuits, and loves To spend his time in his accustomed art.

Either a princess or a pauper can feel generous. Generosity is the quality of the spirit. When you feel generous your life becomes, abundant full of compassion and love.