"... hunger and cold, ill-health and pain are nothing. They pass. The thing that remains is ignorant criticism, well-meaning but futile advice, the contempt of a subordinate, the feelings of the underdog."

“If we sit by and become complacent and put our heads in the sand, we're complicit.”

“No matter where you go in the world in any country in Africa or Latin America and other place, you will find that China is very deeply involved in the affairs of that country.”

“The theory of medicine, therefore, presents what is useful in thought, but does not indicate how it is to be applied in practice-the mode of operation of these principles. The theory, when mastered, gives us a certain kind of knowledge. Thus we say, for example, there are three forms of fevers and nine constitutions. The practice of medicine is not the work which the physician carries out, but is that branch of medical knowledge which, when acquired, enables one to form an opinion upon which to base the proper plan of treatment.”

Source : Avicenna (1999). “The Canon of Medicine (al-Qānūn Fī'l-ṭibb)”, Abjad Book Designers & Builders

“The earth will end only when God declares it's time to be over. Man will not destroy this earth. This earth will not be destroyed by a flood.”

Source : "Faith in ignorance: Politicians who quote the Bible often don't know anything about the Bible". www.salon.com. October 8, 2016.

“I have studied him - the wonderful man - and in my opinion far from being an anti-Christ he must be called the saviour of humanity.”

“The premonition of madness is complicated by the fear of lucidity in madness, the fear of the moments of return and reunion...one would welcome chaos if one were not afraid of lights in it.”

“Embedded in the larger story of redemption is a principle we must not miss: God uses ordinary people to do extraordinary things in the lives of others.”

“I'm like a bunch of college guys who got together and said, 'Let's make a dude, a crazy dude'.”