If this Punic war was carried on without any effusion of blood, it was owing much less to the moderation than to the weakness of the contending prelates.

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.

You have to be somebody before you can share yourself.

The rules of Panic are simple. Anyone can enter. But only one person will win.

We must strive to make ourselves really worthy of some employment. We need pay no attention to anything else; the rest is the business of others.

Family are the people who must make you feel ashamed when you are deserving of shame.

My dad, the old professor, used to say, 'Never get into an argument about what's folk music and what isn't.'

A ministry doesn't have to be perfect for God to use and bless it.

A lover's quarrel is always about every quarrel you ever had.

The president of the United States is a pretty important position, and it's the ideas and policies that matter to me, not the color of their skin.

Charlie Hebdo was and is not The Onion or "The Daily Show." This is a different kind of satire. Might I put it this way - less politically correct.

In the end everything will be okay. But hurdles have to be jumped through first.