Unprovided with original learning unformed in the habits of thinking unskilled in the arts of composition I resolved to write a book.

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.

Timing, perseverance, and ten years of trying will eventually make you look like an overnight success.

Run after today, lest you run out of tomorrows.

Before you are a leader, success is all about growing yourself. When you become a leader, success is all about growing others.

Maybe I am becoming a hermit, opening the door for only a few special animals? Maybe my skull is too crowded and it has no opening through which to feed it soup?

I began wearing hats as a young lawyer because it helped me to establish my professional identity. Before that, whenever I was at a meeting, someone would ask me to get coffee.

The best indicator of quality day care is the kid wants to go there, and doesn't want to go home.

Anyone or anything that asks you to be untrue to yourself has already acted against you.

The bikes have been sitting around, but now were getting them out and using them.

Keep on praying for faith, it is through prayer that you develop all your wonderful qualities of soul.

I have only to break into the tightness of a strawberry, and I see summer - its dust and lowering skies.