[Peace] cannot be honorable or secure, if the sovereign betrays a pusillanimous aversion to war.

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.

For beautiful success, serve with love and serve with courage.

The best way to make news is to announce a new category, not a new product.

I've been tired since I was 15.

Allow yourself to experience fully every step of the journey, both the joy and the pain. You're alive. Greet the moment at hand with a grateful heart.

Visualizing how you want to be is [an] effective way to move toward your goal.

People who make a living off other people's fortunes or misfortunes are parasites.

The really unhappy person is the one who leaves undone what they can do, and starts doing what they don't understand; no wonder they come to grief.

Audiences grew to like this duality of feeling, where youre both championing a character and youre revolted by them.

The audience swelled to six in the end and we all huddled in a corner.

Natural selection is not evolution.