Bad things do happen in the world, like war, natural disasters, disease. But out of those situations always arise stories of ordinary people doing extraordinary things.
The only thing we learn from new elections is we learned nothing from the old.
The worst things in life are: To be in bed and sleep not, To want for one who comes not, To try to please and please not.
There are four things Allah cannot do: lie, deny himself, die or look favorably on sin.
If you must play, decide on three things at the start: the rules of the game, the stakes, and the quitting time.
When people only talk about things they understand then a great silence will descend upon the world.
Who is not satisfied with himself will grow; who is not sure of his own correctness will learn many things.
Poverty is a wonderful thing. It sticks to a man after all his friends have forsaken him.
To do things wrong with best intentions is better than acting to the letter of the law with evil intentions.
It is better to be blind than to see things from only one point of view.
There are four things every person has more of than they know; sins, debt, years, and foes.
Of three things the devil makes a salad: lawyers' tongues, notaries' fingers, and a third that shall be nameless.
Never ask God to give you anything; ask Him to put you where things are.
The best thing God did was to make one day follow another.
Four things come not back: the spoken word, the spent arrow, the past life, and the neglected opportunity.
Three things it is best to avoid: a strange dog, a flood, and a man who thinks he is wise.
Can I be honest with you, Mr. Wind-Up Bird? I mean, really, really, really honest? Sometimes I get sooo scared! I’ll wake up in the middle of the night all alone, hundreds of miles away from anybody, and it’s pitch dark, and I have absolutely no ...
How surely gravity's law, strong as an ocean current, takes hold of the smallest thing and pulls it toward the heart of the world. Each thing--- each stone, blossom, child--- is held in place. Only we, in our arrogance, push out beyond what we each b...
The thing about real life is, when you do something stupid, it normally costs you. In books the heroes can make as many mistakes as they like. It doesn't matter what they do, because everything works out in the end. They'll beat the bad guys and put ...
I used to want to understand how the world worked. Little things, like heavy stuff goes at the bottom of the laundry bag, or big things, like the best way to get a boy to chase you is to ignore him, or medium things, like if you cut an onion under ru...
I had crossed fifty years of my life, and come across uncountable females as son, husband, father, friend in my life. Coming across several women I carefully studied most of them, and feels that I got master knowing female. But every time when my hea...
