And so it is inevitable that the day has come when we write about privacy with such nostalgia, analysing it as we would some unearthed fossil of a creature our human eyes had never fallen on.

The lesson we are indebted to Egypt for, our future generations learned that in the face of oppression silence is never golden.

Democracy should always be viewed with a philosophical perspective rather than a political one, because after all democracy was born to a philosopher and murdered by a politician.

In politics, the pen is at its heaviest because it is weighed down by the collective responsibility it holds towards its people and their future in the eyes of the world.

Faith is intrinsic to humanity and the freedom to practice one's religion is a right no power can deny

We all think we understand love yet we fail to see that no two loves are the same

In a sea of human beings, it is difficult, at times even impossible, to see the human as being.

The cost of war is like an immeasurable tremor that knows no borders, its shockwaves reverberating across the world resulting in universal suffering.

History is not always pessimistic for if World War II Europe has taught us anything it is that the rebuilding of cities is possible and the mending of a nation’s spirit can be achieved.

Every woman, hell, every man should be a feminist, that is the only way to render this word obsolete.

The word feminism has become synonymous with man-hating when in fact it has more to do with women than men.

Every good relationship, especially marriage, is based on respect. If it's not based on respect, nothing that appears to be good will last very long.

Power in politics, sovereignty in America is with we the people, and that is the path to turning this country around: empowering the people.

My sweetheart is to me more than a coined hemisphere.

Some guy said to me: Don't you think you're too old to sing rock n' roll? I said: You'd better check with Mick Jagger.

I didn't think about whether I was writing poems. I was thinking. And the more I was thinking, the more there was I didn't understand.

Do not be jealous of others' good qualities, but out of admiration adopt them yourself.

A lot of black guys always ask me, 'Did Larry Bird really play that good?' I said, 'Larry Bird is so good it's frightening.'

I still feel like the same person, in every way - it is just some of my surroundings have changed and there are lots of new people in my life.

There are few sights more pleasant to the eye, than a wide cotton field when it is in the bloom. It presents an appearance of purity, like an immaculate expanse of light, new-fallen snow.

Hindus believe in God positively. Buddhism does not try to know whether He is or not.