Of all creatures that breathe and move upon the earth, nothing is bred that is weaker than man.

There is a time for many words, and there is also a time for sleep.

And empty words are evil.

For a friend with an understanding heart is worth no less than a brother

Come then, put away your sword in its sheath, and let us two go up into my bed so that, lying together in the bed of love, we may then have faith and trust in each other.

There is nothing more admirable than when two people who see eye to eye keep house as man and wife, confounding their enemies and delighting their friends.

I would disapprove of another hospitable man who was excessive in friendship, as of one excessive in hate. In all things balance is better.

Iron has powers to draw a man to ruin

but sing no more this bitter tale that wears my heart away

Heaven has appointed us dwellers on earth a time for all things.

The gods granted us misery, in jealousy over the thought that we two, always together, should enjoy our youth, and then come to the threshold of old age.

Love has many names including compassion, caring, concern, friendship, kindness, goodwill, altruism and benevolence.

It is sad that the more 'successful' a neighborhood becomes, the more it gradually takes on a recognizable, common look, as the same banks, drugstore chains and national brands move in.

My memory about names and places now is dreadful. But lines, I can remember.

Whatever is not done by the permission of Allah will not happen, and what is not done for the sake of Allah will not benefit or remain.

It's nothing. A school project. My go-to answer for anything. Staying out late? School project. Need extra money? School project.

All that is not eternal is eternally out of date. C. S. LEWIS, The Four Loves Life is short. Eternity is long. BENTLEY LITTLE, His Father's Son What we do now echoes in eternity.

I like a great degree of compression. I like to mix lateral steps with forward ones. I don't want the prose ever to feel simply functional - at least not for any stretch.

Let he who would move the world, first complete an environmental impact assessment and a 90-day public comment period.

The supreme end is the freedom of the spirit.

At the end of the day, love and compassion will win.