I had brutal beginnings. I will not let the darkness in.

Do not love these gardens if you despise the dirt.

I was haunting you, for so long, that I forgot that I became a ghost too.

The sun does not rise when you need it most. You rise instead.

This much is true: When you are about to effect the lives of hundreds of people, Satan will do everything he can to prevent it from happening. Often pride and anger are his best assassins.

Great buildings that move the spirit have always been rare. In every case they are unique, poetic, products of the heart.

Every culture loves scatological humour. That's always a favourite.

When one does not love too much, one does not love enough.

The world has an ending and a beginning. It begins with you and it ends with you. The end of the world occurs when you make a major transition in attention.

He that calls a man ungrateful sums up all the veil that a man can be guilty of.

In ancient times, those who followed the Way did not try to give people knowledge thereof, but kept them ignorant.

People who renovate and improve homes are penalized by being taxed more for creating value and improving the neighborhood.

Sometimes you meet someone at an inopportune moment and it doesn't work out, but then you see them again five years later and you're in different places and it's a better time.

Do I grow cleverer with age, or does the world grow more stupid?