A proverb has three characteristics: few words, good sense, and a fine image.

The man who persists in knocking will succeed in entering.

I went out into the garden in the morning dusk, When sorrow enveloped me like a cloud; And the breeze brought to my nostril the odor of spices, As balm of healing for a sick soul.

Love blinds us to faults, hatred to virtues.

Dive into the sea of thought, and find there pearls beyond price.

A book is a most delightful companion. It gives, and does not take.

Bitter is wine, but it sweetens all bitterness.

Who ignores the time walks in darkness, and who explores it is illumined by a great light.

Words are like bodies; meanings are like souls.

Beware the man who has two faces and two hearts.

Sorrow shatters my heart; And men distress it with blame, Because it follows love.

How I wish I could undo it all … take it all back…All those years I spent unhappy with him …. when I should have been looking for you.

Jeff Bezos is opening a retail store and owns a newspaper. Turns out everything we thought about the Internet is wrong.

Corporate and government surveillance aren't separate; they're an alliance of interests.

To grow a philosopher's beard.

That is why we may say that the historical development of capitalism has involved the thrust towards the commodification of everything.

A man is like a rope: both break at a definite strain....The solution is not splicing the rope; it's lessening the tension.

There's nothing trite about being consoled in a world that does everything in its power to deliver sorrow.

I like the feeling of feeling my feelings.

I think I've become a much better singer and a much better player. Years and years of playing a couple of hours every day will do that.

I was a normal kid. I can't explain how normal I was.