How then, is it natural that the mind of man, being so small as contained in such narrow spaces as a brain or a heart, should have room for all the vastness of sky and Universe?

There's nothing on it worthwhile, and we're not going to watch it in this household, and I don't want it in your intellectual diet.

Television is a gift of God, and God will hold those who utilize his divine instrument accountable to him.

Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a great battle. by Saint Philo of Alexandria

Those who give hoping to be rewarded with honor are not giving, they are bargaining.

Learning is by nature curiosity... prying into everything, reluctant to leave anything, material or immaterial, unexplained.

Build a wardrobe rather than focusing on trends.

The body is the soul's house. Shouldn't we therefore take care of our house so that it doesn't fall into ruin?

Emotions become more violent when expression is stifled.

What God is to the world, that parents are to their children.

A Judge must bear in mind that when he tries a case he is himself on trial.

Even this shall pass away

Thinking about swimming isn't much like actually getting in the water. Actually getting in the water can take your breath away.

Climate change is a terrible problem, and it absolutely needs to be solved. It deserves to be a huge priority.

You cannot outwalk your problems. Can never run fast enough to evade them completely.

For nearly two hundred years, our nation has derived its strength from the diversity of its people and of their beliefs. That strength has been greatly enhanced by [the Islamic] religious heritage.

Where you start in the marketplace is not where you have to stay.

Our prayers are heard, not because we are in earnest, not because we suffer, but because Jesus suffered.

Great minds struggle to cure diseases so that people may live longer, but only madmen ask why. One lives longer in order that he may live longer. There is no other purpose.

Ideas alone can be works of art; they are in a chain of development that may eventually find some form. All ideas need not be made physical.

Environmentalists and clean energy champions should stop telling people that we are working for "sustainability," which nobody understands.