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

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.

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

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.

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.

Instead of giving God His rightful place at the center of our lives, we have substituted the “god” of Self. Only Christ can change our hearts—and through us begin to change our world.

A hurtful act is the transference to others of the degradation which we bear in ourselves.

Being self-critical is good; being self-hating is destructive. There's a very fine line there somewhere, and I walk it carefully.

I am a rational man, but haven't you heard? i'm also insane. It gives me a unique perspective on things.

I believe in the healing restorative power of art and communication. And so that's probably my rule. But that doesn't apply to bedtimes. And stuff like that.

Go to foreign countries and you will get to know the good things one possesses at home.

Any life, however long and complicated it may be, actually consists of a single moment — the moment when a man knows forever more who he is.

Every guitar I own gets used and has its purpose.

I think the Tea Party has brought important issues to the table.

Thank God for giving you this world as a moral gymnasium to help your development, but never imagine you can help the world.