It is high time that the Palestinian people restore their freedom and independence. It is high time that the decades, the long decades of suffering and pain would stop.

I simply want tomorrow to be better than today. I want Palestine to be independent and sovereign... Do not let the olive branch fall from my hand.

I can certainly put myself in Israel's shoes. They are humans just like we are. They want peace and security inside their borders.

We cannot build foundations of a state without rule of law.

We cannot build a viable state with a country that is disintegrating into small pieces.

The little jihad is over, and now we have the bigger jihad - the bigger battle is achieving security and economic growth

We always have hoped that American diplomacy deploys itself in dialogue and persuasion rather than by ultimatums. That is the path we want in international relations.

If you run from a leaking roof you'll end up with a flood.

We want the Israelis to leave. They want to leave - so let us let them leave.

From here [the Gaza withdrawal], our people begin the march towards establishing an independent Palestinian state with Jerusalem as its capital

No state on earth can afford to allow several authorities to co-exist next to one another.

Solitude always gives birth to something.

What manner of men should ministers be? They should thunder in preaching, and lighten in conversation; they should be flaming in prayer, shining in life, and burning in spirit.

I think everyone has their awkward phases. Growing up isn't easy for everyone.

Americans, while occasionally willing to be serfs, have always been obstinate about being peasantry.

'American Graffiti' was unpleasant because of the fact that there was no money, no time, and I was compromising myself to death.

If I keep my promises to the Lord, He will always keep His promises to me. He [will] always fulfill His end of the bargain—and much, much more—if I fulfill mine.

Christmas is all about surrender. It's all about the surrender of the Son to obey the perfect will of the Father and enter human history.

But superstition, like belief, must die.

Truthfulness. He will never willingly tolerate an untruth, but will hate it as much as he loves truth... And is there anything more closely connected with wisdom than truth?

Learn to love your work and you'll never have to 'work' again.