If human values were relative, all laws-whether those based on revealed religions or those devised by man-would become meaningless.

He who cannot change the very fabric of his thought will never be able to change reality.

I believe that for peace a man may, even should, do everything in his power. Nothing in this world could rank higher than peace.

If you don't have the capacity to change yourself and your own attitudes, then nothing around you can be changed.

I promise to crush Israel and return it to the humiliation and wretchedness of the Koran.

There can be hope only for a society which acts as one big family, not as many separate ones.

Let there be no more war or bloodshed between Arabs and Israelis. Let there be no more suffering or denial of rights. Let there be no more despair or loss of faith.

Real success is success with self. It's not in having things, but in having mastery, having victory over self.

If you don't have the power to change yourself, then nothing will change around you.

Peace is more precious than a piece of land.

To love means to give, and to give means to build, while to hate is to destroy.

The blessings and grace of God is my greatest wealth.

Only the willing to suffer can conquer suffering.

The underlying process in Northern music tends to be slower and continuous, whatever's happening on the surface; in Southern music the underlying process is always faster.

For Kips Bay, I had a wonderful client, William Zeckendorf, who was willing to gamble with me on using concrete and not brick for a high-rise apartment building. That was very innovative at the time.

I have an economics degree with a minor in sociology. The reason I have that is because I want to do a ministry in urban areas and help with underprivileged kids.

When I'm standing at the Pearly Gates, I want to say to God, 'Don't look at the records. Look at my family. I'm much prouder about that part.'

I do not accept the orthodox teaching that Jesus was or is God incarnate in the accepted sense or that he was or is the only Son of God.

The key to a nice-looking lawn is a good mower. I recommend one who is muscular and shirtless.

Dictatorships start wars because they need external enemies to exert internal control over their own people.

Even at our birth, death does but stand aside a little. And every day he looks toward us and muses somewhat to himself whether that day or the next he will draw nigh.