Iraqis don't trust one another, parties and ministries are run by sects and not by functionaries.

All cultures are capable of democracy and liberalism. Everybody wants to be free.

There is only one way to be happy in this worldly life. Relinquish ‘my’ and go after [help to] people.

You were born to be among the advisors and thinkers, the spiritual and moral leaders for your society. There is every reason for pride.

Heroism does not require spiritual maturity.

The factor most ignored in discussing interstellar flight is the kinetic energy that must be invested in the ship to make its tons of matter move at a substantial fraction of the speed of light.

The glory of a nation and an age is always the work of a few great persons, and it disappears with them.

Your mind is your servant, your body is your vehicle and your soul is your residence.

I have not lived so abundantly, full of family, full of continuity and history.

As an artist you are free to use any image, any style, any idea from any culture and any period of history.

The life of a writer is absolute hell compared to the life of a businessman.

And indeed, no man has found his religion until he has found that for which he must sell his goods and his life.