"Once for all, then, a short precept..." - Quote by Saint Augustine

“If I am given a formula, and I am ignorant of its meaning, it cannot teach me anything, but if I already know it what does the formula teach me?”

“Patience is the companion of wisdom.”

“Be always displeased at what thou art, if thou desirest to attain to what thou art not.”

“Some of the biggest challenges in relationships come from the fact that most people enter a relationship in order to get something: they're trying to find someone who's going to make them feel good. In reality, the only way a relationship will last is if you see your relationship as a place that you go to give, and not a place that you go to take.”

“If you wish to heal your own sadness or anger, seek to heal the sadness or anger of another. Those others are waiting for you now. They are looking to you for guidance, for help, for courage, for strength, for understanding, and for assurance at this hour. Most of all, they are looking to you for love.”

“My mom used to tell me that whatever you do, marry someone who loves you more than you love him.”

“Truth - Something somehow discreditable to someone.”

“Means are not to be distinguished from ends. If violent means are used, there will be bad results.”

“By themselves, character and integrity do not accomplish anything. But their absence faults everything else.”