To delight the ear and the eye is a mere sensual indulgence;—true poetry strikes at the soul.

He who is lord of himself, and exists upon his own resources, is a noble but a rare being.

The glory dies not, and the grief is past.

I have observed that vulgar readers almost always lose their veneration for the writings of the genius with whom they have had personal intercourse.

There is this value in books, that they enable us to converse with the dead. There is something in this beyond the mere intrinsic worth of what they have left us.

The outside is the only place we can truly be inside the world.

O Lord lead me along a sacred straight path.

It takes courage to become exceptional

The Jihad is not just a way of testing yourself but also means using violence to spread Islam.

If you're telling me I'm not mature, that's one thing I don't cry over since as far as I can make out it's the same thing as being dead.

in a Home it must be order or ruin. Order is to the house as morality to the human being - a sheet-anchor.

Occupation is one great source of enjoyment. No man, properly occupied, was ever miserable.

So, how do you kill a dragon? (Channon) With a very sharp sword. (Sebastian)

Life's most soothing things are a child's goodnight and sweet music.