In my youth I, too, entertained some illusions; but I soon recovered from them.

Death is nothing, but to live defeated and inglorious is to die daily.

The reason most people fail instead of succeed is they trade what they want most for what they want at the moment.

Victory is not always winning the battle...but rising every time you fall.

Six hours' sleep for a man, seven for a woman, and eight for a fool.

Moses has revealed the existence of God to his nation. Jesus Christ to the Roman world, Muhammad to the old continent.

If you wish to be a success in the world, promise everything, deliver nothing.

You become strong by defying defeat and by turning loss into gain and failure to success.

Until you spread your wings, you'll have no idea how far you can fly.

To have a right estimate of a man's character, we must see him in misfortune.

The purpose of religion is to keep the poor from killing the rich.

People generally believe that which they wish to believe and disbelieve that which is unpleasant.

Microsoft is engaging in unlawful predatory practices that go well beyond the scope of fair competition.

Each thought becomes an anxiety in my brain. I am becoming the ugliest of all things: a busy man.

To understand what the outside of an aquarium looks like, it's better not to be a fish.

The fools of the world have been those who have established religions, ceremonies, laws, faith, rule of life.

Pain only matters when it happens to someone important.

I'm okay with having horrible lower teeth.

It is usual to think of good and evil as two poles, two opposite directions, the antithesis of one another...We must begin by doing away with this convention.

The dynamics of the Taliban now appear to be very different and complex, in both Afghanistan and Pakistan, as they attack governments and mainstream parties.

I am as willing to serve now as in the beginning in any capacity and at any post where I can do good. The lower the position, the more suitable to my ability and the more agreeable to my feelings.