“When proven wrong, the wise man will correct himself and the ignorant will keep arguing.”

Do not let your difficulties fill you with anxiety, after all it is only in the darkest nights that stars shine more brightly.

Wealth tends to create enemies, whereas knowledge tends to warm hearts.

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

I wonder at a man who loses hope of salvation when the door of repentance is open for him.

One who thinks and reflects develops his foresight and vision.

The word of God is the medicine of the heart.

Never explain yourself to anyone, because the one who likes you would not need it, and the one dislikes you wouldn’t believe it.

No wealth like education and no poverty like ignorance.

Many a spoken word is more piercing than an attack.

The worst of our faults is our interest in other people’s faults.

Vanity prevents improvement

The disease of the heart is worse than the disease of the body.

There is no rest for the person who has envy, and there is no love for the person who has bad manners.

True friends are a single soul divided between different bodies.

Bear sorrows and calamities patiently, otherwise you will never be happy.

The vision of the eye is limited; the vision of the heart transcends all barriers of time and space.

Air Force officials appear to be more concerned with appeasing the powerful Religious Right lobbyists who have argued against any guidelines that seek to respect and protect the rights of all cadets — not just those adhering to majority religious beliefs.

So much perfection argues rottenness somewhere.

We do not argue with those who disagree with us, we destroy them.

If you rattle along at great speed everybody inside is too exhilarated or too seasick to cause any trouble. But if you stop everybody gets out and argues about where to go next.

Fortunately, however, we no longer have to argue that self -love is not only necessary and good but that it also is a prerequisite for loving others.

I think that the government of [Nicolas] Maduro has argued to stage a coup in Venezuela, that this is obviously a coup against the country’s democratic institutions.

I offer myself as a leader to the people of this country because I think they’re looking for solutions, not lawyers arguing over laws or entertainers throwing out sound bites that draw media attention. We need to solve the problem.

Far too many young people are living in their parents’ basements, and I think it is important for people to have hope and a vision things can be different.