The day she was born,her grandfather made her a ring of silver and a polished stone, because he loved her already.

The truth that we must finally confront is that Islam contains specific notions of martyrdom and jihad that fully explain the character of Muslim violence.

Sam Harris

I try to explain to people that the only way to be cool is to be who you truly are, and the only way to live life is to do the things that you want to do and be the person that you want to be no matter who that is or what that is or how you have to do it. That's the only way you can be genuinely happy.

Tucker Max

Do you know the difference between a beautiful woman and a charming one? A beauty is a woman you notice, a charmer is one who notices you.

Adlai E. Stevenson

An Athenian citizen does not neglect the state because he takes care of his own household; and even those of us who are engaged in business have a very fair idea of politics. We alone regard a man who takes no interest in public affairs, not as a harmless, but as a useless character, and if few of us are originators, we are all sound judges of a policy.

Thucydides

You need not aspire for or get any new state. Get rid of your present thoughts, that is all.

Ramana Maharshi

Politeness is one of those advantages which we never estimate rightly but by the inconvenience of its loss

Samuel Johnson

In France, everyone speaks French 'cause they think it's cool. Gives 'em, gives 'em an excuse to smoke.

Scott Thompson

There will be no lasting peace either in the heart of individuals or in social customs until death is outlawed.

Albert Camus

Well-behaved women seldom make history.

Laurel Thatcher Ulrich

The easiest way to do anything is properly.

K.J. Parker

The opinions that are held with passion are always those for which no good ground exists; indeed the passion is the measure of the holder's lack of rational conviction. Opinions in politics and religion are almost always held passionately.

Bertrand Russell

Which only goes to show that the best of us must sometimes eat our words,' Dumbledore went on, smiling.

J.K. Rowling