Oh, the quiet moments alone with God I sacrificed in order to cross a few things off the to-do list I worshiped.

[Present over perfect is] about rejecting the myth that every day is a new opportunity to prove our worth, and about the truth that our worth is inherent, given by God, not earned by our hustling.

We decide where the time goes. There's so much freedom in that, and so much responsibility.

You cannot taste the oil until you pour out the vinegar.

O seasons, O castles, What soul is without flaws?All its lore is known to me, Felicity, it enchants us all.

The bullet that has hit us Muslims today left the gun centuries ago when we let the clergy decide that knowledge and education were not important.

Life is not a series of pathetic, meaningles actions. Some of them are so far from pathetic, so far from meaningless as to be beyond reason, maybe beyond forgiveness.

Despite the way she rallied, the haunted look in her eyes was enough to break him, as lost and lonely as an abandoned child’s.

Talent develops in tranquility, character in the full current of human life.

...it is the greatest achievement of a teacher to enable his students to surpass him.

It is now well-known that the Taliban's creation was facilitated by the CIA and the ISI as part of the 1980s anti-Soviet war.

The joy of the Gospel is for all people: no one can be excluded.

The responsibility of leadership is not to come up with all the ideas but to create an environment in which great ideas can thrive.

[YSL creative director] Hedi [Slimane] is a music-obsessed guy. I might've originally met him through Sky.