Short absence quickens love; long absence kills it.

Nothing baffles the schemes of evil people so much as the calm composure of great souls.

When one meddles with the direction of a revolution, the problem is not how to make it go but how to keep it under control.

If honesty did not exist, we ought to invent it as the best means of getting rich.

To administer is to govern: to govern is to reign. That is the essence of the problem.

Nothing is impossible to the man who will

I shall make it my chief business to see that the [royal] executive power has its place in the constitution.

Love has the power of making you believe what you would normally treat with the deepest suspicion.

I know you will guess all I leave unsaid.

None, but people of strong passion are capable of rising to greatness.

I would not exchange my leisure hours for all the wealth in the world.

Five exclamation marks, the sure sign of an insane mind.

To bear a child or to get married is not the primary goal for a lady who wants to become successful in life

I was in love with everything- I wanted to look with love at the angry people so that their eyes would be forced to respond

I think rap music is the sole reason for a lot of black acceptance in pop culture; because the music is very popular, it gets our image out in other ways than in movies.

The flowers or weeds that spring up tomorrow are in the seeds we sow today. The foolish and the dead alone never change their opinions.

I hate gold. I'm sort of a sterling-silver guy.

Saying "Ameen" is permissible after reciting the Surah of al-Hamd in the Salat (but it's still not part of the Salat) especially with the intention of supplication.

No amount of training in leadership skills, courses in management methods, power titles, promotions, or associations can substitute for the right attitudes.

I wouldn't have filmed The Color Purple if the book had been a big fat novel. The reason I read it is because it is thin.

Everything makes sense a bit at a time. But when you try to think of it all at once, it comes out wrong.