Desire is the very essence of man.

For beautiful eyes, look for the good in others; for beautiful lips, speak only words of kindness; and for poise, walk with the knowledge that you are never alone.

The more skilled you are at something, the worse you are at it when showing someone.

Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance.

When prosperity comes, do not use all of it.

A house is not a home unless it contains food and fire for the mind as well as the body.

Proverbs are short sentences drawn from long experience.

What's real and what's true aren't necessarily the same.

Only from the heart can you touch the sky.

You are not a drop in the ocean. You are the entire ocean, in a drop.

Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.

The pendulum of the mind oscillates between sense and nonsense, not between right and wrong.

Every act of creation is first an act of destruction.

You don't become what you want, you become what you believe

Nothing is more intolerable than to have to admit to yourself your own errors.

Empty pockets never held anyone back. Only empty heads and empty hearts can do that.

Admiration is the daughter of ignorance.

The best revenge is to be unlike him who performed the injury.

Dark and difficult times lie ahead. Soon we must all face the choice between what is right and what is easy.

I don't know, I don't care, and it doesn't make any difference.

Forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair.