Just as the earth that bears the man who tills and digs it, to bear those who speak ill of them, is a quality of the highest respect.

Even more than the time when she gave birth, a mother feels her greatest joy when she hears others refer to her son as a wise learned one.

The wound made by hurting with fire will heal but the wound created by harsh words uttered using out tongue leaves an indelible scar.

If the married life possess love and virtue, these will be both its duty and reward

She who has the excellence of home virtues, and can expend within the means of her husband, is a help in the domestic state

Uttering foul words, while there are the sweetest of words, is like going for the unripe fruits while there are a lot of ripe ones.

Even if someone does something that brings bad to you, do something good for them and make them feel shy for what they have done to you

Just as the hand rushes involuntarily to protect one's honor in case of accidental state of undress, so does a friend come to his friend's aid without being asked

To reprove a harm-doer, put him to shame by doing a good deed in return.

Think wisely before you exercise an action. Having done so however, never look back and regret. That would be a shame

From whomsoever one hears anything, it is wisdom to understand the true import of it.

The only original part in a work of art is the infusion of the artist's own character, if he has one.

Nothing that results in human progress is achieved with unanimous consent. Those that are enlightened before the others are condemned to pursue that light in spite of the others.

I don't want to be any closer to the gods than death will bring me.

When characters change on screen, it makes you feel better about yourself. You think, 'Oh I change too, I'm constantly becoming a better person.'

Intelligence is the capacity to perceive the essential, the what is; and to awaken this capacity, in oneself and in others, is education.

Life becomes inspiring, not in spite of the problems and the hard hits, but because of them.

I have really great, great parents, and they were very supportive of me.

We are all human beings. As such, we are part of a big family: the human family. The pain of any human being will somehow affect the entire family.

The reason we wouldn't make a seven-inch tablet isn't because we don't want to hit a price point, it's because we don't think you can make a great tablet with a seven-inch screen.

It is progress when weapons are improved to kill more people at a longer range.