Most people seek after what they do not possess and are enslaved by the very things they want to acquire.

He who cannot change the very fabric of his thought will never be able to change reality.

I believe that for peace a man may, even should, do everything in his power. Nothing in this world could rank higher than peace.

If you don't have the capacity to change yourself and your own attitudes, then nothing around you can be changed.

I promise to crush Israel and return it to the humiliation and wretchedness of the Koran.

There can be hope only for a society which acts as one big family, not as many separate ones.

Let there be no more war or bloodshed between Arabs and Israelis. Let there be no more suffering or denial of rights. Let there be no more despair or loss of faith.

Real success is success with self. It's not in having things, but in having mastery, having victory over self.

If you don't have the power to change yourself, then nothing will change around you.

Peace is more precious than a piece of land.

To love means to give, and to give means to build, while to hate is to destroy.

It is such an uncomfortable feeling to know one is a fool

I was famous in a way that was kind of terrifying. I had no protection. When reporters showed up at my house, there wasn't even a sidewalk. They were literally parked on my front lawn.

Never get your girlfriend a pet that she didn't know she was getting.

How am I supposed to be a mom to two kids, a wife and do a show every night? It's impossible!

Personally, I think Julian Assange is a hero.

Think of the poorest person you know and see if your next act will be of any use to him.

For a Christian, our fears about the future are rooted in those places where our will differs from God's will.

Refusing to forgive is like ingesting a lethal dose of poison and hoping it kills my enemy.

With the story of your life, you dont get to write the whole book, just your character.

There are no personal revelations other than feelings arising from the work itself