One of the enduring lessons of history is that whenever an empire becomes insular to 'protect' itself, intellectual decline and cultural intolerance are sure to follow.

Courage is not the absence of fear. Courage is the recognition that some things are more important than fear - and what's more important to me is faith.

Guys like Bin Laden have been responsible for injuring and maiming and murdering more Muslims than any foreign imperial power has in the last hundred years.

If ever there was a moment for an Islamic reformation, it’s now. For the love of God, what are we doing about it?

A lot of Arabs have proven to themselves that there is an alternative to Bin Laden-ism if they want to do away with the corrupt, autocratic regimes in their countries.

Bin Laden-ism, I don't think, is dead yet. And I think there's a long way to go before we can legitimately say that, you know, it is no longer in our midst.

Chase your dreams with all your strength, soul land sprit.

Because a shadow was a thing that defined itself, and Nettie didn't have to fit anyone else's shape.

The lack of unconditional self-love tends to lead one to hunger for attention.

A leader is heard, a great leader is listened too.

The whole history of the world is summed up in the fact that when nations are strong they are not always just and when they wish to be just they are no longer strong.

Trust is not the same as faith. A friend is someone you trust. Putting faith in anyone is a mistake.

I've always wanted to lead an ordered, relatively conventional and private life.

I just want to be young and fun and you know I think people should all wear yellow shoes.

Resolve to be always beginning-to be a beginner!

Man has, as it were, become a kind of prosthetic God.