The possession of power over others is inherently destructive both to the possessor of the power and to those over whom it is exercised.

No man has ever ruled other men for their own good.

The best way to maximize your time is by not wasting time. This requires planning and having an awareness of how you spend your time throughout the day.

Don’t beat yourself up, son. I’m sure there is a culture on this spinning ball of dirt where you can be pretty. If not, do rock ‘n roll, or practice words. That shit’s pretty as well.

Muslim and non-Muslim from across the world flocked to Baghdad to be part of Al-Ma'mun's project "Bait Al-Hekmah" or "House of Wisdom

God didn't create universe in six days of human measure.God's still working, then hasn't yet reached the seventh day.

If I can be writing, I can take a certain amount of control when so much around me is upsetting.

The '50s was a pretty wonderful time for people, it was hopeful.

Obama has little or nothing to do with the civil-rights movement. His roots are in Kenya, and he is shaped far more by anti-colonialism than by anything that Martin Luther King said or did.

Where so many hours have been spent in convincing myself that I am right, is there not some reason to fear I may be wrong?

Practice is the best of all instructors.

A woman would pitch a joke. Nothing. Then a guy would pitch it and everybody would laugh.