"Germany must continue to champion the world's biggest free single market, and under its leadership, the EU can overcome its internal differences."

“Within us is the soul of the whole, the wise silence, the universal beauty, the eternal One.”

“I do love the sound of ripping corn husks. The violence of the noise, the sustained popping and shoring of the silky organic threads, made me think of someone tearing up an expensive and potentially Italian set of trousers in a fit of madness that this person just might regret later.”

Source : Reif Larsen (2010). “The Selected Works of T. S. Spivet: A Novel”, p.23, Penguin

“By many peoples' standards, my playing is very primitive but by punk standards, I'm a virtuoso.”

“I am an American, not by accident of birth but by choice. I voted with my feet and became an American because I love this country and think it is exceptional.”

Source : "Are America's Best Days Behind Us?" by Fareed Zakaria, www.realclearpolitics.com. March 3, 2011.

“I never seek to defeat the man I am fighting, " he explained. "I seek to defeat his confidence. A mind troubled by doubt cannot focus on the course to victory. Two men are equals - true equals - only when they both have equal confidence.”

“When I look back on my career, I go, 'This is really great, I've played so many different women.'”

“The greatest derangement of the mind is to believe in something because one wishes it to be so.”

“Where is your heart? Is your heart with God? Is it with your own ego or your lust? Is it with your greed, your pride, envy, or your resentment? This is a time where you can go into yourself and ask: Where is my heart? Ramadan is a time to give the heart back to the One who possesses the hearts.”