The touchstone of false friends is the day of need: by way of proof, ask a loan from your friends.

In this market every head has a different fancy: everyone winds his turban in a different fashion.

Seek for the truth from the heart which is empty of thought.

The roots of the aged palm tree exceed those of the young one; the old have a greater attachment to the world.

The wave is ignorant of the true nature of the sea: how can the temporal comprehend the eternal?

To the seeker after pearls, silence is a speaking argument, for no breath comes forth from the diver of the sea.

Formerly, people used to grieve over the departed, but in our days they grieve over the survivors.

Peace is in proportion to every pause: observe the difference between to run, to walk, to stand, to sit, to lie, to die.

The life of this transitory world is the expectation of death: to renounce life is to escape from the expectation of annihilation.

Ten doors are opened if one door be shut: the finger is the interpreter of the dumb man's tongue.

What does it profit you that all the libraries of the world should be yours? Not knowledge but what one does with knowledge is your profit.

The things I can't do are the things I have yet to learn.

Tomorrow belongs to those who learn today.

I think we take it for granted that if you are with your husband after 30 years, then he is the love of your life.

And you know, when you've experienced grace and you feel like you've been forgiven, you're a lot more forgiving of other people. You're a lot more gracious to others.

[Maurizio Arrivabene is quite a character] but only for himself and not for Formula One.

The Christian religion teaches me two points-that there is a God whom men can know, and that their nature is so corrupt that they are unworthy of Him.

I think we should be alarmed, watchful, and, as journalists, rigorous and fearless. I think we should be alert.

That's the great thing about incubating something on the web: you have the potential to go to other platforms. Every single platform has a different audience that you find.

Global governance is just a euphemism for global government.

The fellow who tends the greenhouse gardens? Trust me, Lady, you'd let him stake your tomatoes.