Still, when it looked like the sun wasn't going to shine anymore, God put a rainbow in the clouds.

I think the more we know the better we are. I mean not just facts. The more we know about each other, the closer we are to learn something about our selves.

The children to whom we read simple stories may or may not show gratitude, but each boon we give strengthens the pillars of the world.

I have found that among its other benefits, giving liberates the soul of the giver.

People don't always remember what you say or even what you do, but they always remember how you make them feel.

Courage is the most important of all the virtues, because without courage you can't practice any other virtue consistently. You can practice any virtue erratically, but nothing consistently without courage.

Since time is the one immaterial object which we cannot influence - neither speed up nor slow down, add to nor diminish - it is an imponderably valuable gift. Each of us has a few minutes a day or a few hours a week which we could donate to an old folks home or a children's hospital ward. The elderly whose pillows we plump or whose water pitchers we refill may or may not thank us for our gift, but the gift is upholding the foundation of the universe.