“Force is a dangerous weapon.”

At the same time the Muslims are commanded to exercise self-restraint as much as possible.

It may have to be used for self-defense or self-preservation, but we must always remember that self-restraint is pleasing in the eyes of Allah.

To Allah we belong and to Him is our return.

So long as you are satisfied that they are sincere and their acts support their declarations of peace with you, you should not consider yourself justified in pursuing them and warring against them

Even when we are fighting, it should be for a principle not out of passion.

Remember that if they had fought against you, your difficulties would have been increased. Their neutrality itself may be a great advantage to you..

Approach or come: refers not to the physical act of coming, but to the mental attitude; the heart is mentioned for sincerity. When they sincerely promise not to fight against you, do not pursue them.

I think it’s really important to have a life and have interests outside of this [movie] business, and not rely on this business to validate you as a human being. If you do that, you’re really in a dangerous spot.

As many know, the Chinese expression for “crisis” consists of two characters side by side. The first is the symbol for “danger,” the second the symbol for “opportunity.”

Ignorant people in preppy clothes are more dangerous to America than oil embargoes.

Danger will wink on opportunity.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing – it only hastens fools to rush in where angels fear to tread.

It is one of the strange discoveries a man can make that life, however you lead it, contains moments of exhilaration; there are always comparisons which can be made with worse times: even in danger and misery the pendulum swings.

Once you have people around you who don’t question you, you’re in a dangerous place.

The dangerous man is the one who has only one idea, because then he’ll fight and die for it.