If the American military begins to withdrawal, there will be no need for these armed groups.

Go forth from our holy land and go back to your families who are waiting for you impatiently, that you and we, as well, lead a peaceful life together.

I have said it many times: the policy of exclusion and the policy of marginalization must end in Iraq.

Divisiveness is not good for the people.

The little serpent has left, and the great serpent has come.

I am a part of the political process whether the multinational forces are present or not. Politics is serving the people, not chairs and positions.

May God preserve you and watch over you.

Everything that happens is determined by God.

Do not betray the people.

For us, holding on to religious rules, and following them, and refraining from what's forbidden, and being diligent with our duties, what do we call that? That's what we call freedom.

I beg you not to resort to demonstrations, for they have become nothing but burned paper.

The Master said, “A true teacher is one who, keeping the past alive, is also able to understand the present.”(Analects 2.11)

You should always listen to minotaurs. Anybody with four stomachs has to have a firm grip on reality.

I play piano and that's my love. I read and I paint and I compose music, so I've got a pretty full creative life. And it's not because, I'm obsessively creative.

When the public loses faith in democracy's ability to solve the problems it has created for itself, the game's almost over. And I think we are this close to losing democracy to the mercenary class.

We care so little of other people than even Christianity urges us to do good for the love of God.

I don't think I've ever met Putin. I mean if he's in the same room or something. But I don't think so.

The human field of perception is not the only band of perception. Nor is it necessarily the best; there is no such thing in infinity. Infinity does not label.

Wow, you're never allowed to sleep late again. You're crankier than a fat guy in stilettos.

Hamas, they are using civilians' lives, they are using children, they are using the suffering of people every day to achieve their goals. And this is what I hate.

Yesterday should be the teacher of today.