All quotes
“On the law issued in France to increase the population”
“In private life a person needs the support of others, and the rules of support are governed by attachment, friendship and love”
“Only a handful of thinkers need the truth; the crowd must simply believe”
“What we stubbornly pursue slips away, while what comes more easily is usually not so important”
“First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you. And then you win…”
“Look at the world with the eye of reason; the world is a sea — if you wish to sail, build a ship from good deeds…”
“Only those worse than us think ill of us; those better than us are simply too busy…”
“Reclaim yourself for yourself and guard your time…”
“What a person needs first is not education but upbringing”
“All warfare is based on deception”
“Be content with whatever life God grants you, and give thanks”
“When you go among the ignorant full of pride, play the model ass”
“People never lie so much as during a war, after a hunt, or before an election”
“Whoever lies in the language of words gives himself away in the language of gestures, which he does not notice…”
“Grief can become a garden of compassion. If you keep your heart open to everything, your pain…”
“There is a pattern: civilisations rise when they are able to respond creatively to the challenges around them…”
“When you are inspired by a great purpose or an extraordinary project, your thoughts break their bonds…”
“The lifespan of a dynasty rarely exceeds three generations…”
“The better you are yourself, the more kindly disposed you are to everything around you and to people”
“The art of putting the right men in the right places is the beginning of the science of government”
“While you live, keep learning; do not wait for old age to bring wisdom”
“Sir Winston Churchill on Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin:”
“Success is the ability to move from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm”
“The attempt to create paradise on earth inevitably leads to the creation of hell”
“If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need”
“Know that a limit is set to the time of your life, and if you do not use it…”
“Almost all people are defenders of their own mistakes, and accusers of others'”
“A child must be brought up from the first day of his birth…”
“Ukraine, a new and important space on the Eurasian chessboard…”
“The lifespan of a dynasty rarely exceeds three generations…”
“To become just, one need only want it”
“Never humble yourself before another person”
“When I had money I bought books”
“When we are right, we often doubt”
“The Oath of Hannibal”
“Nothing is impossible for the one who tries”
“Mind precedes all phenomena”
“Say to your trouble: "I have the Great Almighty"”
“Those who forget the lessons of history are doomed to repeat them”
“Donald Trump on Germany's green energy transition”
“Deafened by the voice of desire, you do not know that the Beloved lives in the middle of your heart”
“I am firmly convinced that madmen rule the world”
“Will you who are always full ever understand what need does to people”
“Choose a job you love and you will never work a day in your life”
“Education without upbringing is a sword in the hands of a madman”
“Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon and the truth”
“Among the ancient Greeks, the ability to think was a high gift…”
“Unlike Freud, I do not believe that sex is the determining factor…”
“Success bestows much, but never friends”
“You will leave a memory through a kind word and a good deed”
“A good blacksmith piles up mountains of unworked iron”
“Ibn Miskawayh, the Third Teacher”
“A kind word will make even a sword return to its sheath”
“Those who betray a friendship cannot escape the wrath of the Almighty”
“Our path is known: life is but a dream”
“Constant association with the wicked fosters bad habits”
“Once, when the Samian envoys spoke too long”
“A good merchant hides his wealth and appears poor”
“The world's largest economies by 2050: Saudi Arabia, continued”
“He who commands others is strong, but he who commands himself is stronger still”
“Whoever does not answer anger with anger saves both: himself and the other”
“The world's largest economies by 2050, continued: Egypt”
“Allah gathered people and began to mete out punishments for breaking the laws of the Universe”
“People have always been and always will be the foolish victims of deception and self-deception in politics”
“Do not make success your goal”
“The key to all mysteries lies in man himself”