“Hide the good you do, and make known the good done to you.”

Silence is the garden of thought.

Not every man with a heart is understanding, nor every man with an ear a listener, and nor every man with eyes able to see.

Do not hate what you do not know, for the greater part of knowledge consists of what you do not know.

Don’t engage your heart in grief over the past or you wont be ready for what is coming.

The days of life pass away like clouds, so do good while you are alive.

How strange and foolish is man. He looses his health in gaining wealth. Then to regain health he wastes his wealth.

There is no knowledge and science like pondering and thought; and there is no prosperity and advancement like knowledge and science.

Patience to faith is like the head to the body. The person who has no patience has not faith.

Accept the apology even if it is not sincere.

Hate no one, no matter how much they’ve wronged you.

A man’s worth depends upon the nobility of his aspirations.

Be afraid of a dignified man when he is hungry and a wicked man when his belly is full.

Loving one another is half of wisdom.

He who has a thousand friends has not a friend to spare, And he who has one enemy will meet him everywhere.

Silence is the best reply to a fool.

Surely silence can sometimes be the most eloquent reply.

We want Christ to hurry and calm the storm. He wants us to find him in the midst of it first.

Family is supposed to be our safe haven. Very often, it’s the place where we find the deepest heartache.

Life is a spell so exquisite that everything conspires to break it.

Your willingness to look at your darkness is what empowers you to change.

To know yourself you need not go to any book, to any priest, to any psychologist. The whole treasure is within yourself.

Before you find out who you are, you have to figure out who you aren’t.

It is not what you hear, it is where you listen from within yourself that gives meaning to the message.

Common sense is almost as omniscient as God.