I cherish the memories of a question my grandson asked me the other day when he said, 'Grandpa, were you a hero in the war?' Grandpa said 'No... but I served in a company of heroes.'

The recurring theme which predisposes people to depression is rejection and lack of self-esteem.

We salute the rank not the man

Suicide is a very permanent solution to what is usually a temporary problem.

You see, some things I can teach you. Some you learn from books. But they are things that, well, you just have to see and feel. p.147

Waking up is the dangerous act of worship. It's dangerous because worship is meant to produce lives fully attentive to reality as God sees it, and that's more than most of us want to deal with.

Never try to convey your idea to the audience - it is a thankless and senseless task. Show them life, and they'll find within themselves the means to assess and appreciate it.

People getting rich in a free society in general - with some scammy exceptions, which are rare - makes everyone else richer, too.

Card players have a saying: "It's all right to play if you keep your eyes on the deck" - which is another way of saving, "Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty."

Often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one that has been opened for us.

Black crime rates fell more steeply than white crime rates, and now black incarceration is falling more steeply than white incarceration.

I'm very cerebral. I like to think things through.

You can’t change someone’s behaviour, all you can do is remind them, and hope that Allah will change their heart.

The competition is cutthroat, even among best friends. And you have to be able to, by virtue of experience, be able to deal with it.