While the Romans languished under the ignominious tyranny of eunuchs and bishops, the praises of Julian were repeated with transport in every part of the empire, except in the palace of Constantius.

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.

I was thinking, that when my time comes, I should be sorry if the only plea I had to offer was that of justice. Because it might mean that only justice would be meted out to me.

If you think you know what I'm doing wrong well you're gonna have to get in line.

Endow the Living - with the Tears - You squander on the Dead.

You cannot preach self-government and liberty to people in a starving land.

I always make a wish at 11:11, even if its something cheesy.

If you eat junk, you look like junk. People say, 'It's not my fault, it's my glands.' It's not; it's greed!

A Roman Catholic worships a god who speaks through the Pope, while a Baptist worships a god who does not. They cannot be worshipping the same god.

Each generation imagines that we're all going to hell. Each generation goes through a little hell and comes out heat tempered and better than before.

The slime that accumulates on the underside of a soap bar when it sits in the dish too long.

You must always know the past, for there is no real Was, there is only Is.