I will live to make myself not feared.

Happiness and unhappiness are in the heart and spirit of each one of us: If you feel unhappy, then place yourself above that and act so that your happiness does not get to be dependent on anything.

You philosophers are lucky men. You write on paper and paper is patient. Unfortunate Empress that I am, I write on the susceptible skins of living beings.

In politics a capable ruler must be guided by circumstances, conjectures and conjunctions.

The more a man knows, the more he forgives.

Nothing is more difficult, in my opinion, than to avoid something that fundamentally attracts you.

A great wind is blowing, and that gives you either imagination or a headache.

I sincerely want peace, not because I lack resources for war, but because I hate bloodshed.

One does not always do the best there is. One does the best one can.

it is better to inspire a reform than to enforce it.

Power without a nation's confidence is nothing.

The way children stretch time and the way adults forget that stretch could be one of the saddest differences in the world.

Follow the way of life, which the Holy Prophet has shown you, for verily that is the right path.

I was such a dangerous hitter I even got intentional walks during batting practice.

Whenever y'all are in the store from and y'all are trying to decide whether or not to get something, think if you saw me wear it before or not, and if I have, then it's okay.

As far as I know, he never asked where she had been or why she had left and she never told. I guess some stories do not need telling.

If I'm hesitant at all about an idea, then that's not the right idea.

What is the most rigorous law of our being? Growth.

It's a very important thing to learn to talk to people you disagree with.

War is a matter of vital importance to the state.

Good character consists of knowing the good, desiring the good, and doing the good habits of the mind, habits of the heart, and habits of action.