What a terrible era in which idiots govern the blind.

Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

Better three hours too soon than a minute too late.

It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.

No legacy is so rich as honesty.

God has given you one face, and you make yourself another.

It is not in our stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.

The Eyes are the window to your soul

Hell is empty and all the devils are here.

If we are true to ourselves, we can not be false to anyone.

The good is the Enemy of the best. Until you depart from the good, you cannot enter God's best for your life.

But I remember one thing: it wasn't me that started acting deaf, it was people that first started acting like I was too dumb to hear or see or say anything at all.

Life is a love story, with every character yearning for permanent refuge in someone's heart.

Because I’ve gotten older, I worry that there will be a steep decline in my talent, but I promise not to let the same thing happen to my passion for writing.

Men naturally despise those who court them, but respect those who do not give way to them.

Truth is like the sun. You can shut it out for a time, but it ain't goin' away.

I have known the silence of the stars and of the sea. And the silence of the city when it pauses, And the silence of a man and a maid, And the silence for which music alone finds the word.

Just girt me for the onset with Eternity, When breath blew back, And on the other side I heard recede the disappointed tide!

I've never done anything half-heartedly; it's a disservice to me and the audience if I do it half-heartedly.

Suicide attacks are the actions of losers who have nothing left to lose. In this case, Islam serves as a mask, a cover for desperation and nihilism, but not for religion.