When I was kidnapped, my parents snapped into action. They rented out my room.

The pendulum of the mind oscillates between sense and nonsense, not between right and wrong.

Don't criticize what you can't understand.

Young heads take example of the ancient.

The essence of being human is that one does not seek perfection.

The greater the love, the greater the tragedy when it's over.

It’s extraordinary how self-obsessed human beings are. There is so much more out there than what connects to us.

Actual aristocracy cannot be abolished by any law: all the law can do is decree how it is to be imparted and who is to acquire it.

The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the heart.

The poor are prevented from thinking by the discipline of others, the rich by their own.

The greatest quality of a man is to treat his enemies in a better way, for Allah himself showed kindness to his unbelievers.

When all life is seen as divine, everyone grows wings.

I may have had a lot of luck in my life, but I still need to find a challenge in the game.

I can't listen to that much Wagner. I start getting the urge to conquer Poland.

Yesterday is dead, tomorrow hasn't arrived yet. I have just one day, and I'm going to be happy in it.

Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.

A doctor can bury his mistakes, but an architect can only advise his clients to plant vines.

Life without love is like a tree without blossoms or fruit.

Any woman who understands the problems of running a home will be nearer to understanding the problems of running a country.

I will not be afraid because I understand... And understanding is happiness.

A hospital bed is a parked taxi with the meter running.