We never said that the majority [of the terrorists] are not Syrians, but we said that the minority is what they call "free Syrian army." That's what we said.

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.

A stupid man behaves stupidly, not because he wants to, or tries to, or is motivated to, but simply because he is what he is.

China is at a different stage of development, human rights are violated here much more often. And still, we see improvements even here.

I had a messy signature as a child, and my grandmother said this suggested I had no regard for other people. She was right.

Time takes all and gives all

For better or worse, I've been involved in the description of political conflict.

The wilderness needs your whole attention.

At some point if you're a professional writer, no matter what, it always comes down to you staring at the blank page by yourself.

You can change your life, because you have an unlimited ability to think and talk about what you love, and so you have an unlimited ability to bring everything good in life to you.

I would rather preach one sermon than write a thousand books.