We will also be funding projects that empower women and children in Afghanistan and now and then give scholarships to Afghan students here in the Bay Area.

Attention shifted to him like sunflowers turning to the sun.

hills that stand soft and a sky that stands high and blue, and the sun setting behind a windmill, and always, always, hazy strings of mountains that fall and fall away on the horizon.

One could not count the moons that shimmer on her roofs, Or the thousand splendid suns that hide behind her walls.

And that's the thing about people who mean everything they say. They think everyone else does too.

A man who has no conscience, no goodness, does not suffer.

Nothing good came free. Even love. You paid for all things. And if you were poor, suffering was your currency.

But time, it is like charm. You never have as much as you think.

The desert weed lives on, but the flower of spring blooms and wilts.

I wondered if that was how forgiveness budded; not with the fanfare of epiphany, but with pain gathering its things, packing up, and slipping away unannounced in the middle of the night.

Quiet is peace. Tranquility. Quiet is turning down the volume knob on life. Silence is pushing the off button. Shutting it down. All of it.

Every great achiever knows the power of motivation.

My life is an adventure." she said, growing confident as she opened her eyes again. "I will not be shackled to this satellite anymore.

I do remember being a fan of the Marvel characters and not liking the DC characters at all.

The Israelis wanted to sabotage the Palestinian - Palestinian reconciliation.

Humility does not mean weakness. It does not mean timidity. It does not mean fear. A man can be humble and fearless. A man can be humble and courageous.

All signs of superhuman nature appear in man as illness or insanity.

Remorse sleeps in the atmosphere of prosperity.

Walk neither faster nor slower than your own soul. Because it is your soul that will teach you the usefulness of each step you take.

We didn't do much different against LeBron. We were just more active and more competitive.

You learn that existence is legible but that you have to have a critical mind if you're going to read it.