There is more pleasure to building castles in the air than on the ground.

And the winds and the waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators.

Imam Hussain's sacrifice is for all groups and communities, an example of the path of rightousness.

I never make the mistake of arguing with people for whose opinions I have no respect.

The various modes of worship which prevailed in the Roman world were all considered by the people as equally true; by the philosopher as equally false; and by the magistrate as equally useful.

And thus toleration produced not only mutual indulgence, but even religious concord. The superstition of the people was not embittered theological rancor.

Let us read with method, and propose to ourselves an end to which our studies may point. The use of reading is to aid us in thinking.

In the end, they wanted security more than they wanted freedom.

Conversation enriches the understanding, but solitude is the school of genius.

Vicissitudes of fortune, which spares neither man nor the proudest of his works, which buries empires and cities in a common grave.

We improve ourselves by victories over ourselves. There must be contest, and we must win.

Have good sense, smell the scents, and you will have more cents

People don't realize that when they 'throw out' their back, it's often because of weak abs. These muscles are essential for lower-back strength and good posture.

A candid spirit is mightier than the most persistent dogmatism.

If you measure your happiness by the amount of liquid you have in your glass, you are either a cliché or an alcoholic.

He that dies without the company of good men puts not himselfe into a good way.

Oh, my tattered rags are caught on your coffee table.

I think it is impossible for human minds to think of Death as a final, irrevocable end to life.

There's tons of people that spend a lot time watching their well being, they have not acquired time to take pleasure in it.

A PhD in Mathematics is three years of guessing it wrong, plus one week of getting it right and writing a dissertation.

Power, for the writer....lies in his ability to reveal if only a little bit more about the complexity of humanity.