Little faith sees God's hand in great things. Established faith sees God's hand in little things.

It's because we have little faith that we look within instead of without.

They act as if their religion were a celestial gumball machine, taking no blame for personal failures because they won't manifest their will in the real world by working for their goals.

It's no accident that in a bureaucracy getting fired is called 'termination, ' as in ontological erasure.

In politics, madame, you need two things: friends, but above all an enemy.

The period of a [Persian] boy's education is between the ages of five and twenty, and he is taught three things only: to ride, to use the bow, and to speak the truth.

We all come in different shapes and sizes, and that's fine by me.

I think [Winston] Churchill said it was " [democracy] the worst of all systems except for all the others." And that's probably true. It's never gone easily.

You can be absolutely certain that when you feel you are being most unfairly tested, you are being prepared for great achievement.

The most wretched fortune is safe; for there is no fear of anything worse. [Lat., Fortuna miserrima tuta est: Nam timor eventus deterioris abest.]

I firmly believe we can make our own miracles if we believe strongly enough in ourselves and our mission on earth.

There is no greatness without taking risks.