[Every age], however destitute of science or virtue, sufficiently abounds with acts of blood and military renown.

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.

Cultivate plants which attract lovely company.

What you're going through is not meant to hurt you, but meant to deliver you from the evil oppressing you.

Hope and Happiness Hope is grief's best music.

Globalization doesn't have to be a bad thing as long as government provides us all with the tools to cope in a changing world.

We are all basically the same human beings, who seek happiness and try to avoid suffering. Everybody is my peer group. Your feeling "I am of no value" is wrong. Absolutely wrong.

I've been curious ever since I was a little kid.

You really know a person when you sleep so near to them, or when you eat with them.

Science is wisdom reduced to practice.

I consider myself a feminist. My whole life has been about standing up for women, for anybody really, who's been abused.

The sun is simple. A sword is simple. A storm is simple. Behind everything simple is a huge tail of complicated.