No adult can bear a child’s burden or grow up in his stead.
Lawyers earn a living by the sweat of browbeating others.
He dares to be a fool, and that is the first step in the direction of wisdom.
All men of action are dreamers.
Life is like an onion: you peel off layer after layer and then you find there is nothing in it.
We are all snobs of the Infinite, parvenus of the Eternal.
Great art is an instant arrested in eternity.
People have filled an enormously important role in my life - more than books! For me, it's not the formal advising or the therapy that meant so much. It was more the fact that someone committed himself or herself to me. They were really interested in my life; they wanted to know what I was doing; they followed me; they dared to confront and challenge me.
We could form a government of national unity fighting corruption. The ordinary Afghan is sick and tired of it, because it's she or he that pays the price.
I have always said I will try to answer questions honestly. I don't want to change that about myself. I think people appreciate that about me.
I resisted parenthood for a long, long time. But having a daughter has given me a sense of hopefulness that I didn't have before.