“Without Knowledge, Skill cannot be focused. Without Skill, Strength cannot be brought to bear and without Strength, Knowledge may not be applied.”

My whole life has been a hallow waste, a futile exercise, for no one at death can take anything with them!

When we give someone our time, we actually give a portion of our life that we will never take back

Holy shadows of the dead, I am not to blame for your cruel and bitter fate, but the accursed rivalry which brought sister nations and brother people to fight one another.

A tomb now suffices him for whom the world was not enough.

Let us conduct ourselves so that all men wish to be our friends and all fear to be our enemies.

My treasure lies in my friends .

There are no more worlds to conquer

A king does not kill messengers.

Sex and sleep alone make me conscious that I am mortal

Through every generation of the human race there has been a constant war, a war with fear.

I would rather live a short life of glory than a long one of obscurity.

But truly, if I were not Alexander, I would be Diogenes.

I am not afraid of an army of lions led by a sheep; I am afraid of an army of sheep led by a lion.

There is something noble in hearing myself ill spoken of, when I am doing well.

Toil and risk are the price of glory, but it is a lovely thing to live with courage and die leaving an everlasting fame.

When my casket is being carried to the grave, leave my hands hanging outside. For empty-handed, I came into this world and empty-handed, I shall go!

Wounds are the means through which we enter the hearts of other people. They are meant to teach us to become compassionate and wise.

Sin is unwillingness to trust that what God wants for me is only my deepest happiness.

I think we need to recover the depth, the subtlety, the generosity of imagination, the respect for wisdom that so marked Islam in its great ages.

Joy is the clearest indicator of deep wellness.

Find out what it is that touches you most deeply. Pursue it, learn about it, explore it, expand on it. Live with it and nurture it.

The prince of darkness is a gentleman.

It’s not about how long we’ve been together but how deep our love is.

If there were no God, there would be no atheists.