Only when the sense of the pain of others begins does man begin

When truth is replaced by silence,the silence is a lie.

Why is it that right-wing bastards always stand shoulder to shoulder in solidarity, while liberals fall out among themselves?

Give me a mystery - just a plain and simple one - a mystery which is diffidence and silence, a slim little bare-foot mystery: give me a mystery - just one!

One day posterity will remember these strange times, when ordinary common honesty was called courage.

Ever since then I have known that if all the values in this world are more or less questionable, the most important thing in life is kindness.

Unfortunately justice is the train that's nearly always late.

Translation is like a woman. If it is beautiful, it is not faithful. If it is faithful, it is most certainly not beautiful.

There is no need to fear the strong. All one needs is to know the method of overcoming them. There is a special jujitsu for every strong man.

Life is a rainbow which also includes black.

A poet's autobiography is his poetry. Anything else can only be a footnote.

The most dangerous creation of any society is the man who has nothing to lose.

Stop surrounding yourself with people who engage in acts to break you and bring you down. Isn't it obvious that they are desperately seeking for some people to join them at the bottom?

I love spending time with my dog, my niece and my family. I'm very family-oriented.

I always enjoyed movies and in hindsight I realise how captivating they were to me.

That was excellent! I mean, it didn't do anything, but it looked really cool!

I consider myself to have been formed by a lot of the locutions and aesthetics and principles of the Muslim way of life, and those are an important part of my childhood and my identity.

A man should practice what he preaches, but a man should also preach what he practices.

Do it even if you shouldn't, do it becuase you want to, do it becuase it will make things better.

We're all African-American, so we're all influenced by each other.

The worth and value of knowledge is in proportion to the worth and value of its object.