As long as mankind shall continue to bestow more liberal applause on their destroyers than on their benefactors, the thirst of military glory will ever be the vice of the most exalted characters.

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.

Never Beg SOMEONE to be in your life, You just have to believe that, You're worth more than you think

English words are like prisms. Empty, nothing inside, and still they make rainbows.

He would say her name over and over until it devolved into meaningless sounds - mah REI kuh, mah REI kuh - it became an entry in a dictionary of loneliness.

The universe can be incredible! Just try to take this moment in. This is really something!

We possess books we read, animating the waiting stillness of their language, but they possess us also, filling us with thoughts and observations, asking us to make them part of ourselves.

I guess I don't believe these things can ever be easy, although I also don't see why they have to be hard.

I wholeheartedly encourage any steps in the right direction, in whatever time frame works for the person on the path.

Loyalty is not unilateral. You have to give it to receive it.

For the resolute and determined, there is time and opportunity.

Love is harsh, and it consumes. And more than anything, it demands sacrifice.