The pains and pleasures of the body, howsoever important to ourselves, are an indelicate subject of conversation

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.

There is no pain and there are no sorrows. They no longer have permission to live in my today or my tomorrow.

Shakespeare might have said, we are "consumed with that with which we are nourished by.

I try to be a man of mystery. I try to keep the various projects I'm up to as close to the vest as possible until it's time to reveal them.

Every song is something that I've been through or an emotion I've felt - like falling in love or heartbreak.

When in God thou believest, near God thou wilt certainly be.

Obvious to you is amazing to others.

The camera can photograph thought.

SNSD means the coming of the era of girls, it’s filled with hope. We wish to bring a generation of health and happiness.

These guys who talk about free markets, they're not ideologues; they're crooks.

Acting is still fun. It's still not even a career for me. I think the second it becomes a career is when I should stop.