All my life I have been a nomad.

If we don't take effective measures now, the Netherlands could be torn between two extreme rights.

Islam is not a race...Islam is simply a set of beliefs, and it is not 'Islamophobic' to say Islam is incompatible with liberal democracy.

There is a huge difference between being tolerant and tolerating intolerance

Tolerance of intolerance is cowardice.

The more we oblige, the more we self-censor, the more we appease, the bolder the enemy gets.

I love life more than I love death.

It takes a long time to dissolve the bars of a mental cage.

I was a Muslim once, remember, and it was when I was most devout that I was most full of hate.

Where there is no freedom of speech, there is no conscience.

Avoiding offense means that we don't accept each other as equals.

We held on to great memories. This sustains us in every moment.

And now the story begins for the last time.

We don't communicate in full sentences anyway. We don't need all those words.

As three laws were good enough for Newton, I have modestly decided to stop there.

Wish not so much to live long as to live well.

When we work with nature instead of trying to impose our will, the solution is often found within the problem.

As anyone who goes into dog-rescue knows, it is not a for-profit business, but the rewards are priceless for me.

If you are willing, great things are possible to you.

We would do well to ask ourselves the kind of fundamental questions posed by [Buruma's] erudite and thought-provoking book.

We were very pleased to have the opportunity to come to Israel and visit the holy sites in the Old City.