When Lebanon started its resistance it was a small and divided country.

No government in the world kills its people, unless it's led by a crazy person.

The captain doesn't think about death, or life, he thinks about saving his ship.

There is no such things as "Islamic terrorism," because terrorism differs from Islam. There's just terrorism, not Islamic terrorism. But the term "Islamic terrorism" has become widespread.

Circumstances don't matter, only my state of being matters. What state of being are you choosing?

Whenever you have a war, the civilians and the innocents will pay the price. That's in any war, any war is a bad war.

It's a dangerous thing when someone gets up in the morning and has nothing to eat.

Sometimes you may kill tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands with very primitive armaments.

The only one who can fight for these values like democracy and freedoms are the people of any country or any society, not the foreigners.

[Chemical weapons] isn't about what the United States believe in, it's about the reality that we have, and this reality, we own it, we don't have to discuss it.

I believe that the United States is not genuine regarding having a cessation of violence in Syria.

There is a huge difference between thinking we know something and actually knowing something.

We touch the last reality directly in prayer.

Only a self-learnt man can teach others

I grew up in the theatre. It's where I got my start. Writing a television drama with theatrical dialogue about the theatre is beyond perfection.

Poetry either pulses with real life or it's just an aborted simulacra. There's no middle ground.

I was known as the chief grave robber of my state.

The great rule: If the little bit you have is nothing special in itself, at least find a way of saying it that is a little bit special.

Just because fate had thrown another obstacle in my way didn't mean I had to give up my dreams.

In relationship with others, it is only you mirrored.

The best marketing strategy is to destroy your industry before your competition does.