Free choice is the greatest gift God gives to his children.
The test of real literature is that it will bear repetition. We read over the same pages again and again, and always with fresh delight.
The trouble with facts is that there are so many of them.
A prose writer gets tired of writing prose, and wants to be a poet. So he begins every line with a capital letter, and keeps on writing prose.
Try as hard as we may for perfection, the net result of our labors is an amazing variety of imperfectness. We are surprised at our own versatility in being able to fail in so many different ways.
Positive thinking is the key which unlocks the doors of the world.
Humanity, divine limitation; Divinity, human perfection.
I like to carry around extremely pretentious books, and I don't know if I can read them, but if I hold them near me, it imbues me with a sense of powerful intelligence.
If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle
I would like to see the Iraqi government guarantee social insurance for the Yazidi women who were enslaved and to recognise their status as prisoners of war.