A land without ruins is a land without memories - a land without memories is a land without history.
Be like a flower that gives its fragrance even to the hand that crushed it.
There is no rest for the person who has envy, and there is no love for the person who has bad manners.
The days of life pass away like clouds, so do good while you are alive.
He who understands humanity seeks solitude
Nothing hurts a good soul and kind heart more than to live amongst people who can't understand it.
Silence is the garden of thought.
You have a great heart, but will only find it to be so through great pain. This is the wisdom of love, and its doubtful gift. . . . I have endured much suffering and still remain unbitter and unclosed.
When I was in middle school, some of my so-called friends found a catalogue ad I did for Superman pajamas. They made as many copies as they could and pasted them up all over school.
As the fletcher whittles and makes straight his arrows, so the master directs his straying thoughts.
Sometimes, the people we invest the most time in disappoint us the most.