Partial truths or half-truths are often more insidious than total falsehoods.

Expectations should not always be taken as reality; because you never know when you will be disappointed.

But then I came to the conclusion that no, while there may be an immigration problem, it isn't really a serious problem. The really serious problem is assimilation.

Power remains strong when it remains in the dark; exposed to the sunlight it begins to evaporate.

Many more people in the world are concerned about sports than human rights.

Some Westerners […] have argued that the West does not have problems with Islam but only with violent Islamist extremists. Fourteen hundred years of history demonstrate otherwise.

It will take a long time, and certainly the West will remain the dominant civilization well into the next century, but the decline is occurring.

The relations between countries in the coming decade are most likely to reflect their cultural commitments, their cultural ties and antagonism with other countries.

Global politics remains extremely complex and countries have different interests, which will also lead them to make what might seem as rather bizarre friends and allies.

Nationalism is a central ideology for people who are trying to establish their own states in which they can play a dominant role.

I think fundamentalism is this radical attitude toward one's own identity and civilization as compared to other people's identities and cultures.

A sacrament--like marriage--means living a life better than your natural instincts, so that you're modeling God. And God never gives up.

Time felt slower when we do nothing but wait.

Experience is as to intensity and not as to duration.

I started playing ukulele first for 2 years from age 9 to 11 and got my first guitar and got inspired by blues I heard on the radio that turned me on and I started learning myself.

You cannot be wise without some basis of knowledge, but you may easily acquire knowledge and remain bare of wisdom.

I'm something that I used to be. I'm never where I feel I am, and if I seek myself, I don't know who's seeking me. My boredom with everything has numbed me. I feel banished from my soul.

I hate writing. I will do anything to avoid it. The only way I could write less was if I was dead.

The best friend will probably acquire the best wife, because a good marriage is founded on the talent for friendship.

I hope that you, too, will choose to have a journey instead of just a life. Actually, I hope it's a full on expedition.

Part of leadership (a big part of it actually) is the ability to stick with the dream for a long time.