Courage is not the absence of fear. Courage is the recognition that some things are more important than fear - and what's more important to me is faith.

One of the enduring lessons of history is that whenever an empire becomes insular to 'protect' itself, intellectual decline and cultural intolerance are sure to follow.

Guys like Bin Laden have been responsible for injuring and maiming and murdering more Muslims than any foreign imperial power has in the last hundred years.

If ever there was a moment for an Islamic reformation, it’s now. For the love of God, what are we doing about it?

A lot of Arabs have proven to themselves that there is an alternative to Bin Laden-ism if they want to do away with the corrupt, autocratic regimes in their countries.

Bin Laden-ism, I don't think, is dead yet. And I think there's a long way to go before we can legitimately say that, you know, it is no longer in our midst.

There’s just as much money to be made in the wreck of a civilization as in the upbuilding of one.

All the world loves a lover, and a lover loves all the world.

Nothing is surer than that the people will be weak.

The discipline which I have imparted to you will lead you when I am gone. Practice mindfulness diligently, to attain the goal of awakening.

All education which develops power to share effectively in social life is moral.

Something having been done just about everywhere just about always is no kind of justification for doing it now.

Nature confesses that she has bestowed on the human race hearts of softest mould, in that she has given us tears.

Politics is everywhere.. it is in your shirt.. in your pants.. everywhere.

Yes; we have a specific procedure which we follow in all cases where the Agency is in contact, for the purposes of acquiring intelligence or whatever the case may be, with an individual.

I think everyone should do what they love because it will never feel like work that way.