A reformer should be exempt from the suspicion of interest, and he must possess the confidence and esteem of those whom he proposes to reclaim.

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.

The heavy soul will not pass though the body is failing.

Twilight drops her curtain down, and pins it with a star.

Presence always wins out over principles.

A day of minor profit or prophet led to a night of drunkenness.

The life of the nation is secure only while the nation is honest, truthful, and virtuous.

To force myself to earn more money, I determined to spend more.

If you are truly innovating, you don't have a prototype you can refer to.

All of our religions but the Judaic and the Greek think more of us dead than alive.

We liked to be known as the clever girls. When we decorated our hands with henna for holidays and weddings, we drew calculus and chemical formulae instead of flowers and butterflies.

It seemed sensible to move to a market town where I could walk everywhere.