I darted a contemptuous look at the stately models of superstition.

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.

The act of reading is a skill that can be cultivated.

His eyes, if anything, gleamed even more bright, having found the treasure he sought.

Oh, painted smirk of a hopeless dawn, the girl is still wearing her breeches.

A general principle of good taxation is that similar jobs, and similar kinds of compensation, should be taxed the same way: otherwise, the government is effectively subsidizing some jobs over others.

You can't take a dying project, sprinkle it with the magic pixie dust of "open source," and have everything magically work out.

I was so focused and so driven, there was this fire inside of me that was burning so brightly.

Any assessment of where we stand in relationship to Him tells us that we do not stand at all. We kneel.

You can make jeans and a t-shirt super stylish. It's what you make of it, you know?

I made a film where nobody got shot and nobody went to see it.

I live in my head all day long and the world is a little dreamy.