The voice of history is often little more than the organ of hatred or flattery.

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.

Be loving to find the love.

Prayer:  The act of falling to your knees in pleading fashion, seeking help from a greater power than all else to have failed you previously.

So I took her hand, and I don't know what everybody else heard, but to me it sounded like a slow dance: a little sad, but maybe a little hopeful, too.

American presidential leadership never goes out of style.

Health and beauty is not just about what you apply. If you don't have it together on the inside, then nothing else is going to matter.

What you are to be, you are now becoming.

If it doesn't look easy it is that we have not tried hard enough yet.

I'd like to make a movie pretty soon, so I could get a rest.

Everyone who gets sleepy at night should have a simple decent place to lay their heads, on terms they can afford to pay.

Remember always, that man is a creature whose reason is often darkened with error.