Politics is about realities, not logic.

No government in the world kills its people, unless it's led by a crazy person.

The captain doesn't think about death, or life, he thinks about saving his ship.

There is no such things as "Islamic terrorism," because terrorism differs from Islam. There's just terrorism, not Islamic terrorism. But the term "Islamic terrorism" has become widespread.

Circumstances don't matter, only my state of being matters. What state of being are you choosing?

Whenever you have a war, the civilians and the innocents will pay the price. That's in any war, any war is a bad war.

It's a dangerous thing when someone gets up in the morning and has nothing to eat.

Sometimes you may kill tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands with very primitive armaments.

The only one who can fight for these values like democracy and freedoms are the people of any country or any society, not the foreigners.

[Chemical weapons] isn't about what the United States believe in, it's about the reality that we have, and this reality, we own it, we don't have to discuss it.

I believe that the United States is not genuine regarding having a cessation of violence in Syria.

Love, compassion, and patience bring peace.

You cannot defeat darkness by running from it.

When there is silence one finds the anchor of the universe within oneself

The real turning point in human history is less apt to be the day the wheel is invented or Rome falls than the day a boy is born to a couple of hick Jews.

I believe in the vows that I took with my wife. Through sickness, in health, for richer or poorer.

You don't achieve greatness in life being surrounded by mediocre people with mediocre values. Choose your company wisely.

The loves of men but vary in degrees-- They find no new expression for the flame.

Whatever I think of, I dismember.

Perspective is the rein and rudder of painting.

I think "quiet" sometime is a greater power than noise. It can harbor and reveal feelings that can't be expressed.