You are my peace, my solace, my salvation.

It is not only for what we do that we are held responsible, but also for what we do not do.

The trees that are slow to grow bear the best fruit.

Love is a great master. It teaches us to be what we never were.

I assure you, an educated fool is more foolish than an uneducated one.

I want people to be sincere; a man of honor shouldn't speak a single word that doesn't come straight from his heart.

People spend most of their lives worrying about things that never happen.

I hate all men, the ones because they are mean and vicious, and the others for being complaisant with the vicious ones.

Great is the fortune of he who possesses a good bottle, a good book, and a good friend.

Folk whose own behavior is most ridiculous are always to the fore in slandering others.

A husband is a plaster that cures all the ills of girlhood.

In the affairs of this world, men are saved not by faith, but by the want of it.

The needs of the body are the needs of the divine self, which lives through the body.

In grave difficulties, and with little hope, the boldest measures are the safest. Livy Never make a defense or apology before you be accused.

The cause of all pain and suffering is ignorance.

The greatest source of America's generosity is not our government; it's the good heart of the American people.

Money in doses disproportionate to our needs enslaves.

Feeling gratitude isn't born in us-it's something we are taught, and in turn, we teach our children.

We should not be followers of traditions that go against human rights...we are human beings and we make traditions.

We owe it to our children to be better stewards of the environment. The alternative? - a world without whales. It's too terrible to imagine.

I'm a perfectionist in recovery. I'm trying to deal with that monster inside of me that wants to do everything right. Or better than right.