Wikileaks didn't help confidence with American administrations because of conversations made public so easily.

It is always dangerous to underestimate anybody.

Together, we can create a world in which peace is real; in which every human being can thrive; in which all share the promise of our century. I believe we can succeed.

I'm just very wary that once you start military operations in any country, it's very difficult to predict what the outcome is.

The security and the future of Jordan is hand-in-hand with the future of the Palestinians and the Israelis.

We want to be, I think, an example for the rest of the Arab world, because there are a lot of people who say that the only democracy you can have in the Middle East is the Muslim Brotherhood.

Fifty-seven countries in the world, a third of the United Nations, do not recognize Israel. In a way, I think North Korea has better international relations than Israel.

Historic changes and challenges. Breakthroughs in human knowledge and opportunity. And yet, for vast numbers across the globe, the daily realities have not altered.

My view is when you use violence on your people, that never ends well.

The monarchy that I hand over to my son is not going to be the same one that I have inherited.

When there's a status quo, usually what shakes everybody up is some sort of military confrontation, at which point we all come running and screaming to pick up the pieces.

Sometimes I wish we could hear of a country that’s out of kings.

No man is rich whose expenditure exceeds his means and no one is poor whose incomings exceed his outgoings.

Gaming is the child of avarice, but the parent of prodigality.

Marilyn was a great actress, not a dumb blond bombshell. She was very smart, very astute and a good businesswoman.

The art of the parenthesis is one of the greatest secrets of eloquence in Society

The basic philosophy of stoicism is that you have nothing real external to your own consciousness, that the only thing real is in fact your consciousness.

Kindness is a rotten fruit that poisons anyone who partakes of it. Throw it in the face of your enemies and let it ruin them instead.

When you have two alternatives, the first thing you have to do is to look for the third that you didn't think about, that doesn't exist.

Just by the very nature of our birth, we are on the spiritual journey.

If you went crazy, would you know it?