It is impossible to reduce, or, at least, to hold a distant country against the wishes and efforts of its inhabitants.

And the winds and the waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators.

Imam Hussain's sacrifice is for all groups and communities, an example of the path of rightousness.

I never make the mistake of arguing with people for whose opinions I have no respect.

The various modes of worship which prevailed in the Roman world were all considered by the people as equally true; by the philosopher as equally false; and by the magistrate as equally useful.

And thus toleration produced not only mutual indulgence, but even religious concord. The superstition of the people was not embittered theological rancor.

Let us read with method, and propose to ourselves an end to which our studies may point. The use of reading is to aid us in thinking.

In the end, they wanted security more than they wanted freedom.

Conversation enriches the understanding, but solitude is the school of genius.

Vicissitudes of fortune, which spares neither man nor the proudest of his works, which buries empires and cities in a common grave.

We improve ourselves by victories over ourselves. There must be contest, and we must win.

I can see clearly my visions.

Flavour your life in such a way that anyone who thinks he or she is biting or back-biting you, will rather take smiles away unexpectedly and with surprises.

Nobody's perfect. We're all just one step up from the beasts and one step down from the angels.

The worst thing you can become in life is cynical. Cynical is like concrete. and nothing grows in concrete.

I'm Jewish. That's all. So I am in exile all the time. Wherever we go, we are in exile. Even in Israel, we are in exile.

our bones like stems into the sky will forever cry victory

Many people think the Cards at the end of the wire will cross the finish line first.

The more you learn, the less you fear. "Learn" not in the sense of academic study, but in the practical understanding of life.

Pain is temporary. It may last a minute, or an hour, or a day, or a year, but eventually it will subside and something else will take its place. If I quit, however, it lasts forever.

How do you maybe hit someone?” Michael drawled. “Okay, so I decked him. At the time he deserved it.