"God has no favorites."

“Winter is on the road to spring. Some think it a surly road. I do not. A primrose road to spring were not as engaging to my heart as a frozen icicled craggy way angered over by strong winds that never take the iron trumpets from their lips.”

“Men always say, "Let's see what you can do." If we always talk and never work we will not accomplish anything.”

“Arabic is the language of the Qur'an, but Arab culture is not the culture of Islam.”

“I'm thinking maybe letting the latches burn is the right idea. Let everything burn until there's nothing left but ashes and cool rain.”

Source : Rodman Philbrick (2013). “The Last Book in the Universe”, p.146, Scholastic Inc.

“I draw from my family and my friends and I feel like that small-town person. The achievements, the materialistic possessions have really become to mean less. They mean nothing.”

“Unity has never meant uniformity.”

“While there are still imperialist aggressors, the state that has no defense power of its own to protect its sovereignty against the internal and external enemies is, in fact, not a fully independent and sovereign state.”

Source : "On Some Problems of Our Party's Juche Idea and the Government of the Republic's Internal and External Policies". Mainichi Shimbun, September 17, 1972.

“I'd rather live dangerously for Jesus than exist safely for people's approval.”