Every person's life is theirs by right. An individual's life can and must belong only to to himself, not to any society or community, or he is then but a slave.

If the road is easy, you're likely going the wrong way.

The Wizard's First Rule: People are stupid; given proper motivation almost anyone will believe almost anything.

Knowledge is a weapon. I intend to be formidably armed.

We reap a reward merely in the act of helping others. We never know how, or if, that reward will come back to us. Helping is the reward; none other is needed nor better.

Once you place that crown of liar on your head, you can take it off again, but it leaves a stain for all time.

Charity, if you have the means, is a personal choice, but charity which is expected or compelled is simply a polite word for slavery.

Knowing when to fight is just as important as knowing how.

When the whole world is crazy, it doesn't pay to be sane.

Fate occasionally touches us all in ways we don't always understand.

The light of a new day always chases the shadows of the night away, and shows us that the shape of our fears is only the ghost of our own minds.

Reality exists in the human mind, and nowhere else.

Learning a new language, just like opening a new window, allows you to see the world with intimacy.

Life is a way of perfection. You need to work on yourself. You become a good person. If you do your work you will discover sublime feelings.

Clearly, Iran has influence in Iraq. Iraq has a majority Shi'a population, they have relationships to Iran. Some are natural.

The core of our defense is the faith we have in the institutions we defend.

I like to walk about amidst the beautiful things that adorn the world.

I'd rather see heaven crash from the skies than one grain of God's truth die.

The more I expect, the more unhappy I am going to be. The more I accept, the more serene I am.

Success is all a matter of perspective. It depends on where you start from, and where you want to end up.

My writing is authentic, and whatever happens in my life is what I write about.