They may fight with us, but they don't fight for us.

Live in the present, remember the past, and fear not the future, for it doesn't exist and never shall. There is only now.

Those whom we most love are often the most alien to us.

Wise? No, I simply learned to think.

Whatever you make, base it upon that which is most important to you. Only then will it have depth and meaning, and only then will it resonate with others.

When you can have anything you want by uttering a few words, the goal matters not, only the journey to it.

Magic is the art of thinking, not strength or language.

If any honor existed in war, it was in fighting to protect others from harm

It’s better to be sworn to an honest fool than to a lying scholar

Understanding breeds empathy.

Ignorance, fear, hate: these are our enemies. Deny them with all your might. -Oromis

No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it's not the same river and he's not the same man.

I almost gave my life long ago for a thingThat has gone to dust now, stinging my eyes—It is strange how often a heart must be brokenBefore the years can make it wise.

The time's gone by for sentiment and all that foolery. Mercy's all very well but after all it's justice that clinches the bargain.

The student has his Rome, his whole glowing Italy, within the four walls of his library. He has in his books the ruins of an antique world and the glories of a modern one.

Golf courses are beautiful, it's good for the soul and it gets out the anger... well, if you don't care about the score then you won't have a heart attack.

Homophobia whether internalized or externalized is really fear; it's not hatred, it's fear. It's fear of the truth about ourselves.

nonviolence first changes the individual.

Lets choose to do something really difficult, something that saves lives, and let's do that thing with people we love.

If the book be false in its facts, disprove them; if false in its reasoning, refute it. But, for God's sake, let us freely hear both sides, if we choose.

My father was a politician, and a very important politician, and one of the leaders of the Iraqi Democratic Party, who believed in progress.