Should not the giver be thankful that the receiver received? Is not giving a need? Is not receiving mercy?

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

There is always madness in love. But there is also always some reason in madness.

Sometimes people don't want to hear the truth because they don't want their illusions destroyed.

There are two different types of people in the world, those who want to know, and those who want to believe.

I was in darkness, but I took three steps and found myself in paradise. The first step was a good thought, the second, a good word; and the third, a good deed.

There will always be rocks in the road ahead of us. They will be stumbling blocks or stepping stones; it all depends on how you use them.

You have your way. I have my way. As for the right way, the correct way, and the only way, it does not exist.

I'm not upset that you lied to me, I'm upset that from now on I can't believe you.

Enjoy life. This is not a dress rehearsal.

The true man wants two things: danger and play. For that reason he wants woman, as the most dangerous plaything.

The day I charge an unbeliever like you for the word of God will be the day I'm struck dead by lightning, and with good reason.

Be a practical dreamer backed by action.

As we're bombarded daily with new ads for pills, diets and ab-doers, we have to protect our wallets and our time.

We must do everything to ensure they [the Palestinians] never do return. The old will die and the young will forget,

For me, it always has to be about health. That's why I'm a vegan. Well, I don't even do that for my health entirely, I do it for animals.

One never tires of what is well written, style is life! It is the very blood of thought!

I do not really know if it is a gain to exchange the crown of martrydom with two or three years of life in freedom. But I leave the good Lord to decide.

My philosophy is that the people around us are there doing as much work if not more work behind the scenes and they're the last people you would ever be unkind to, so I hope I'm not a diva off stage.

I once laboured hard for the free will of man, until the grace of God at length overcame me.

There is no one else at all who is fighting ISIS on the ground, except for President al-Assad's army.