The problem with the West is that they start with political reform going towards democracy.

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.

After a while, you have to be at peace with the fact that you simply are. There is no way to know why.

We are equal by fault, but never equal in acceptance.

We can't be brave without fear.

One forgives to the degree that one loves.

It is not only the most difficult thing to know oneself but the most inconvenient too.

De La Soul, from the soul, black medallions, no gold.

When people in government [make mistakes], they don't say, those people in the government. They say, we've got a problem to solve.

Be the instrument playing the sound of your life's passing

I haven't known 6 days of happiness in my life.

If things are nice there is probably a good reason why they are nice: and if you do not know at least one reason for this good fortune, then you still have work to do.