History is indeed little more than the register of the crimes follies and misfortunes of mankind.

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.

Sometimes, some of times in life are Lifetime!

Love is a divine energy.

People have the idea of missionaries as going out with the Bible and hitting natives with it. It's not really what they were doing. They were all doing something rather different.

Like all kids with divorced parents, I have an abundance of holidays.

the unconscious forces that govern accessible memory are the most arbitrary of editors and the absolute masters of our lives.

Fire is the most tolerable third party

Nobody can be bad at everything. There’s no such thing as a perfect screwup.

Jesus prescribes a doctrinal test for false prophets because a behavioral test is unreliable.

Life is an opportunity, benefit from it.

The sucker's trap is when you focus on what you know and what others don't know, rather than the reverse.