Government is an institution which prevents injustice other than such as it commits itself.

The past resembles the future more than one drop of water resembles another.

Man is essentially ignorant, and becomes learned through acquiring knowledge.

Man is the child of customs, not the child of his ancestors.

Sedentary culture is the goal of civilization. It means the end of its lifespan and brings about its corruption.

Businesses owned by responsible and organized merchants shall eventually surpass those owned by wealthy rulers.

Habits are qualities of the soul.

Islam is under obligation to gain power over all nations.

At the beginning of a dynasty, taxation yields a large revenue from small assessments. At the end of the dynasty, taxation yields a small revenue from large assessments.

People are largely ignorant of the interests of the human species.

All the sciences came to exist in Arabic. The systematic works on them were written in Arabic writing.

Mr. Asher, you can resist who you are for only so long. Finally, you just decide to go with fate.

Indulge me this once, Meg. Her name was a whisper on his lips. Soft. Seductive. Meanwhile his eyes gleamed mischievously, daring her to say yes.

I absolutely insist that all my boys are in bed before breakfast

The bottom layer of the right-wing noise machine.

This last year I kind of stopped working out. I think my body just needed a break. And so I did that, and focused more on feeling good as opposed to beating myself up.

Poetry is man's rebellion against being what he is.

The most important event I covered was the Panama Canal debate, which dragged on for months.

The only difference between successful people and unsuccessful people is extraordinary determination.

To have meaningful work is a tremendous happiness.

Doctors put drugs of which they know little into bodies of which they know less for diseases of which they know nothing at all.