“Do you want us to lead, or do you want us to play a supporting role?”

The country [Syria] would be destroyed. Unfortunately, our warnings are coming true.

As long as Iran’s aggressive policies continue

The whole world was saying that the countries of the regions should step up and resolve their problems, so we stepped up.

Iran has been a neighbor for millenia, and will continue to be a neighbor for millenia.

So he asked the Iranians to come in and help.

But I don’t believe it comes at the expense of the Middle East.

The Iranians should just stay away from us.

Should the political process not work, there is always the other approach.

Quite the contrary, in the Gulf, we see an increase in American military presence, as well as an increase in American investments.

It is responsible for smuggling explosives and drugs into Saudi Arabia.

There is nothing to encourage.

Daesh members wear shoes. Does this mean everybody who wears shoes is Daesh?

We don’t tolerate terrorism.

We were the first country in the world to hold a national public awareness campaign against extremism and terrorism.

We expressed our readiness to join the US-led, international coalition against Daesh with special forces.

If you want to have children, go to your wife and make new ones.” [Bashar] Assad’s people rebelled.

Your world could grow infinitely bigger if you were only willing to become appropriately small.

And so it happens oft in many instances; more good is done without our knowledge than by us intended.

Fear is the mother of all gods … Nature does all things spontaneously, by herself, without the meddling of the gods.

This coming and going of the inner life – because this is what it is – is a curse and a blessing.

I think that I am among the few lucky ones who are exploiting complexity.

Confuse the idea that all should have equal chance with the notion that all have equal endowments.

You will stir up the hornets.

. It has to look real. That in itself becomes challenging because you have to learn it straight away.