A heart to resolve, a head to contrive, and a hand to execute.

And the winds and the waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators.

Imam Hussain's sacrifice is for all groups and communities, an example of the path of rightousness.

I never make the mistake of arguing with people for whose opinions I have no respect.

The various modes of worship which prevailed in the Roman world were all considered by the people as equally true; by the philosopher as equally false; and by the magistrate as equally useful.

And thus toleration produced not only mutual indulgence, but even religious concord. The superstition of the people was not embittered theological rancor.

Let us read with method, and propose to ourselves an end to which our studies may point. The use of reading is to aid us in thinking.

In the end, they wanted security more than they wanted freedom.

Conversation enriches the understanding, but solitude is the school of genius.

Vicissitudes of fortune, which spares neither man nor the proudest of his works, which buries empires and cities in a common grave.

We improve ourselves by victories over ourselves. There must be contest, and we must win.

I have seen times of plentiful and times of scarcity.

Men are not revived because they sing; they sing because they are revived.

I kind of do this awkward body language because, growing up, I had a really hard time expressing myself vocally.

It is unthinkable to have a British countryside that doesn't have actual functioning farmers riding tractors, cows in fields, things like that.

Feminism, as it stands, well... stands. It has ground to a halt.

It may be said of happy marriages as of the phoenix - there is but one a century.

Healing opportunities can be disguised as people who really piss you off. Pay attention because they could be your greatest teachers.

I got to talk to Mel Lewis a lot as a teenager. I think that's what really impacted me the most around that time.

It seems to me that an unjust law is no law at all.

Even a two-car parade gets fouled up if you don't decide ahead of time who's going to lead.