If it be an evil to judge rashly or untruly any single man, how much a greater sin it is to condemn a whole people.

Humility and knowledge in poor clothes excel pride and ignorance in costly attire.

Right is right, even if everyone is against it, and wrong is wrong, even if everyone is for it.

The secret of happiness is to count your blessings while others are adding up their troubles.

Time is what we want most, but what we use worst.

Men must be governed by God or they will be ruled by tyrants.

Knowledge is the treasure, but judgment the treasurer, of a wise man.

True silence is the rest of the mind, and is to the spirit what sleep is to the body, nourishment and refreshment.

No pain, no palm; no thorns, no throne; no gall, no glory; no cross, no crown.

They that love beyond the world cannot be separated by it. Death cannot kill what never dies.

Death is only a horizon, and a horizon is only the limit of your sight. Open your eyes to see more clearly.

Sophie had survived on her own for a long time. She knew she didn't need a man, not even Darius. But she wanted him. That made all the difference in the end.

Compassion is the radicalism of our time.

There is certainly no absolute standard of beauty. That precisely is what makes its pursuit so interesting.

Humility is a great quality of leadership which derives respect and not just fear or hatred.

Previous efforts to eradicate malaria failed for several reasons, including political instability and technical challenges in delivering resources, especially in certain countries in Africa.

You're not a person. We take that form. We're an essence. We're an awareness of God's. We're made up of countless, countless realities.

Though the Life Force supplies us with its own purpose, it has no other brains to work with than those it has painfully and imperfectly evolved in our heads.

I love writing from enclosed spaces: you really learn about your characters when they have tight walls to push against.

Many of the most significant moments in our lives come not because it all went right but because it all fell apart