The early Christian rules of life were not made to last, because the early Christians did not believe that the world itself was going to last.

Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.

Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds, cannot change anything.

Two things define you: Your patience when you have nothing and your attitude when you have everything.

Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance.

We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.

I learned long ago, never to wrestle with a pig. You get dirty, and besides, the pig likes it.

People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it.

A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.

Write your Sad times in Sand, Write your Good times in Stone.

Islam is the best religion and Muslims are the worst followers

Love is the only answer to every question

The soul attracts that which it secretly harbors - that which it loves, and also that which it fears.

Moderation sees itself as beautiful; it is unaware that in the eye of the immoderate it appears black and sober and consequently ugly-looking.

I don't know how to be a friend. I don't know how to be anything.

We have three billion people, half the world's population today, living on less than two dollars a day.

When I write, I strain with every wizened fibre of my weathered frame to analyze every possible angle of any given subject.

[I] read Anne Frank's diary [while imprisoned] on Robben Island and derived much encouragement from it.

Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall take flack from both sides."- Unofficial UN Motto

CO2 emissions have been increasing, but the rise in air temperature stopped around 2001. Climate change is due in large part to naturally occurring oscillations.

I think it's a feeling like I've got it all figured out. There's nothing that can shock me anymore. There's nothing I haven't anticipated; so at that point, there is a calmness.