“If you are ruled by mind you are a king; if by body, a slave.”

Between the mouth and the morsel many things may happen.

Patience is the greatest of all virtues.

Women want total freedom or rather – to call things by their names – total licence. If you allow them to achieve complete equality with men, do you think they will be easier to live with?

A flourishing country should show its prosperity. “When you go in, look about, so that, when needs be, you can find your way out.

Suffer women once to arrive at an equality with you, and they will from that moment become your superiors.

An angry man opens his mouth and shuts his eyes.

Be firm or mild as the occasion may require.

When you have decided to purchase a farm, be careful not to buy rashly; do not spare your visits and be not content with a single tour of inspection.

Moreover, I consider that Carthage should be destroyed.

There is a wide difference between true courage and a mere contempt of life.

The public has more interest in the punishment of an injury than he who receives it.

He who fears death has already lost the life he covets.

Woman is a violent and uncontrolled animal, and it is useless to let go the reins and then expect her not to kick over the traces.

Speech is the gift of all, but the thought of few.

Grasp the subject, the words will follow.

Anger so clouds the mind that it cannot perceive the truth.

Before the thunderous clamor of political debate or war set loose in the world, love insisted on its promise for the possibility of human unity

Ours is an age in which thousands are driven daily from their homelands by the unforgiving brutalities of war, terrorism, political oppression, starvation, disease, economic piracy

The current political tension is very serious. We have not yet ruled out a boycott of the election.

Groping their way through suffocating shadows of political turmoil, economic oppression, military mayhem, starvation, and disease.

The political, social, and spiritual impact of the life example set by Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela

For me, I am left leaning when it comes to health and education, on the right when it comes to defense. So I don’t know where I come on the political spectrum. And I think this the challenge that a lot of Jordanians have to deal with.

That frustration does translate into the political sphere when people are hungry and without jobs.

I have reaffirmed my political will to work towards national unity.