"Garth, marriage is punishment for shoplifting in some countries!"

“The more I work and practice, the luckier I seem to get.”

“If you must commit suicide ... always contrive to do it as decorously as possible; the decencies, whether of life or of death, should never be lost sight of.”

Source : Lavengro Ch. XXIII

“We shall succeed only so far as we continue that most distasteful of all activity, the intolerable labor of thought.”

“Ultimately though, we are not responsible for another's happiness. The unhappy person almost always suffers from self-inflicted pain.”

“I always assumed scientists were free to ask any question, pursue any line of inquiry without fear or reprisal.”

“Once Europe existed in a Dark Age and Islam carried the torch of learning. Now we Muslims live in a Dark age.”

“If you try to give people knowledge, and you haven't trained them in character, based on faith, they will become intellectual reprobates.”

“I think, when people so strongly associate an actor with a character they play - but the main feeling is I feel very happy that I've been able to play somebody that people connect so strongly to. That's overall a very good feeling. There's the sweet and the sour, I guess. It does sting a little bit. Your insecurity as an actor maybe seeps in, but ultimately I think it's a very lovely thing. It doesn't happen that often. It's mostly good, I'm fine with it.”