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

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.

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.

Our work is the presentation of our capabilities.

The cat that laughs is crazy. Man who does not laugh is below... (Le chat qui rit est un fou. - Homme qui ne rit est dessous...)

I always liked running as a kid. You know how eating chocolate or ice cream makes you feel good? That's the same way that running and competing makes me feel.

I was like a packet of powdered Sea Monkeys and they were like water.

Only the gospel exposes the cancer of idolatry.

How few things can a man measure with the tape of his understanding ; How many greater things might he be seeing in the meanwhile.

I mean the truth is, I've always been interested in the whole setup of the old world.

My kind of loyalty was loyalty to one's country, not to its institutions or its office-holders.

I use Twitter as a tool to get involved with people, to sell tickets to gigs where I can stand in a room and smell the audience - and I love that!

God is not described in equations.

When right, I shall often be thought wrong by those whose positions will not command a view of the whole ground.