Light-leaved acacias, by the door, Stood up in balmy air, Clusters of blossomed moonlight bore, And breathed a perfume rare.

It is not in the nature of politics that the best men should be elected. The best men do not want to govern their fellowmen.

A man's real belief is that which he lives by. What a man believes is the thing he does, not the thing he thinks.

Never tell a child 'you have a soul.' Teach him, you are a soul; you have a body.

If instead of a gem, or even a flower, we should cast the gift of a loving thought into the heart of a friend, that would be giving as the angels give.

Forgiveness unleashes joy. It brings peace. It washes the slate clean. It sets all the highest values of love in motion.

Any faith in Him, however small, is better than any belief about Him, however great.

No man ever sank under the burden of the day. It is when tomorrow's burden is added to the burden of today that the weight is more than a man can bear.

To be trusted is a greater compliment than being loved.

It is by loving and not by being loved that one can come nearest to the soul of another.

How strange this fear of death is! We are never frightened at a sunset.

I didn't lose my virginity until I was 18 The first time was a nightmare. Who shows you how to use a condom?

Philosophy is the rational expression of genius.

The brain is a body part too; we just know less about it.

Most active mutual funds are more interested in collecting fees than in boosting returns for investors.

The beggar is the only person in the universe not obliged to study appearance.

You might be a redneck if a full-grown ostrich has fewer feathers than your cowboy hat.

[nonviolence] seeks to secure moral ends through moral means.

America's civilian institutions of diplomacy and development have been chronically undermanned and underfunded for far too long.

One can choose life, or choose death. Having chosen life, I must live it as it is.

I’m overwhelmed. My biggest downfall is my brightest blessing, I feel too much, all the time. Ya Allah, if it’ll keep my heart soft, break my heart every day.