"A man's real life is that accorded to him in the thoughts of other men by reason of respect or natural love."

"To a teacher of languages there comes a time when the world is but a place of many words and man appears a mere talking animal not much more wonderful than a parrot."

"The sea has never been friendly to man. At most it has been the accomplice of human restlesness."

"The belief in a supernatural source of evil is not necessary; men alone are quite capable of every wickedness."

"A boy doesn't have to go to war to be a hero he can say he doesn't like pie when he sees there isn't enough to go around."

"To conquer fear is to realize that gratitude turns what we have into enough."

"A quiet mind is capable of understanding that courage is not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it."

"The more knowledge you have, the greater will be your fear of Allah."