May God preserve you and watch over you.

Go forth from our holy land and go back to your families who are waiting for you impatiently, that you and we, as well, lead a peaceful life together.

I have said it many times: the policy of exclusion and the policy of marginalization must end in Iraq.

Divisiveness is not good for the people.

The little serpent has left, and the great serpent has come.

I am a part of the political process whether the multinational forces are present or not. Politics is serving the people, not chairs and positions.

Everything that happens is determined by God.

Do not betray the people.

For us, holding on to religious rules, and following them, and refraining from what's forbidden, and being diligent with our duties, what do we call that? That's what we call freedom.

I beg you not to resort to demonstrations, for they have become nothing but burned paper.

I will continue to defend Najaf as it is the holiest place. I will remain in the city until the last drop of my blood has been spilled.

There is something so awe-inspiring in great afflictions that even in the worst times the first emotion of a crowd has generally been to sympathise with the sufferer in a great catastrophe.

Scores of studies have shown that venting doesn't soothe anger

To Declare Your Stand For Righteousness Is Not To Regard The Perception Of Others

I think, though, with that whole sense of integrity and a lot of things that have been going on, the shared leadership rather than the titular head.

It's all bullshit on Everest these days.

Who wanted to creep along in comfort when there was one chance in a thousand of flying?

Unless you expect the unexpected you will never find it, for it is hard to discover and hard to attain.

If time flies when you're having fun, it hits the afterburners when you don't think you're having enough.

To be sure, a good work of art can and will have moral consequences, but to demand of the artists moral intentions, means ruiningtheir craft.

If you pray about it don't worry about it. If you're going to worry about it don't pray about it.