He mocks proud mockers but gives grace to the humble. from the Book of Proverbs

The first step in the acquisition of wisdom is silence, the second listening, the third memory, the fourth practice, the fifth teaching others.

Your own soul is nourished when you are kind; it is destroyed when you are cruel.

A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.

Words kill, words give life; they're either poison or fruit--- YOU choose.

The human mind is an organ for the discovery of truths rather than of falsehoods.

The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.

Love is as strong as death; its jealousy as unyielding as the grave. It burns like a blazing fire; like a mighty flame. Many waters cannot quench love, rivers cannot wash it away

The lesser of two evils is still evil.

Most social acts have to be understood in their setting, and lose meaning if isolated.

most social acts have to be understood in their setting, and lose meaning if isolated. No error in thinking about social facts is more serious than the failure to see their place and function.

Never rebel for the sake of rebelling, but always rebel for the sake of truth.

Sometimes if you want to see a change for the better, you have to take things into your own hands.

Called or not, God is always there.

I didn't expect to enter into tabloid trivia or anything like that. So I suspect my perspective and a lot of my ideas changed fairly drastically. It was also rather confusing.

You cannot be spiritually free and financially bound.

I'm not somebody that keeps the thing in her heart. I can get very angry for five minutes, but then it's finished. Once I've yelled, it's over.

Im always intrigued when you are travelling through a place and there is somebody who has lived there and done the same job for years.

I became a people-watcher when I lost all my friends when I was 12.

Music is the eye of the ear.

The greatest ideas, the most profound thoughts, and the most beautiful poetry are born from the womb of silence