"Only eyes washed by tears can see clearly."

“Bravery is not the absence of fear. Bravery is the ability to operate effectively even while totally terrified.”

“It is not surprising, then, that in the decade since Oslo began, Arafat used all the resources placed at his disposal to fan the flames of hatred against Israel.”

“There is no such thing as a failure who keeps trying.”

“That's it! When you come to know men, that's how they are: too sensitive in the wrong place.”

“I get a fine warm feeling when I'm doing well, but that pleasure is pretty much negated by the pain of getting started each day. Let's face it, writing is hell.”

Source : William Styron, James L. W. West (1985). “Conversations with William Styron”, p.9, Univ. Press of Mississippi

“Liberty in Islam is the liberty to be a Muslim, democracy likewise, individualism likewise.”

Source : "Frozen assets" by James Buchan, www.theguardian.com. May 29, 2004.

“Right in the difficult we must have our joys, our happiness, our dreams: there against the depth of this background, they stand out, there for the first time we see how beautiful they are.”

Source : Rainer Maria Rilke (1969). “Letters of Rainer Maria Rilke, 1892-1910”, p.181, W. W. Norton & Company

“The energies represented by the four #‎ elements are ulitimately the fundamental realities of life that are being analysed with #‎ astrology”