It wasn't what you said", he told her."It was how I felt when you said it".

For once, the tears wouldn't come. She saw that Michael might have been right. It really could be too cold to snow.

All art is abstract, because art is an abstraction of the truth.

I do think that poetry is important though, if you don’t strive at it, if you don’t fill it full of stars and falseness.

All around us are complex people trying to live simple lives, ” she said. “Wanting simple things with tangled hearts.

Never be afraid to fail. Failure is only a stepping stone to improvement. Never be overconfident because that will block your improvement.

Backs dialogue for solving disputes and not military power and threats.

The only hope of transforming the world from the 'tsunami of violence' is for each of us to become the change we wish to see in the world.

Napoleon was asked, "Who do you consider to be the greatest generals?" He responded saying, "The victors.

Liberty in Islam is the liberty to be a Muslim, democracy likewise, individualism likewise.

No one can save you, no one but your very reason! Therefore, improve your reason!

I've never had any feeling of disconnection between the classical theater, or the contemporary theater, or musical theater, or the thing that we call opera.