[Courage] arises in a great measure from the consciousness of strength . . .

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.

This is my letter to the worldThat never wrote to me

Being your own light ensures that you will never need another to pull you out of darkness again.

Perhaps nothing so accurately characterizes dysfunctional families as denial.

What is the duty of a Latter-day Saint? To do all the good he can upon the earth.

As you know, birds do not have sexual organs because they would interfere with flight.

Victory breeds hatred; the defeated live in pain. The peaceful live happily, giving up victory and defeat.

He almost told her everything right then, that very moment. But you grab a moment, or you let it pass. He let it pass.

The person who sows a single beautiful thought in the mind of another, renders the world a greater service than that rendered by all the faultfinders combined.

The experience of life is very bitter. it is sweet only in imagination. In its reality it is very bitter. He escaped from the palace and the women and the riches and the luxury and everything.

I'm a huge seafood lover; I could cook it everyday.