[The monks'] credulity debased and vitiated the faculties of the mind: they corrupted the evidence of history; and superstition gradually extinguished the hostile light of philosophy and science.

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.

I'm willing to grind, endure & suffer to wake that beast within me, to grow, accomplish & win.

Fragments are the only forms I trust.

Education n: that which discloses to the wise and disguises from the foolish their lack of understanding.

The decisions you make are a choice of values that reflect your life in every way.

It is not darkness you are going to, for God is Light. It is not lonely, for Christ is with you. It is not unknown country, for Christ is there.

So whatever it is you want, need or desire or just like to have, you better try to get it now, 'cause this is the only time there is.

It's hard being on a new network, a smaller network.

When you come to Parliament on your first day, you wonder how you ever got here. After that, you wonder how the other 263 members got here.

UPS stands as an example of a company thats already doing great things.

Trust your intuition, rather than technology, to protect you from violence.