The only matter that could take Egypt to war again is water.

Fear is, I believe, a most effective tool in destroying the soul of an individual - and the soul of a people.

If you don't have the power to change yourself, then nothing will change around you.

There is no happiness for people at the expense of other people.

"Great suffering has a silver-lining that we can be grateful for, because it builds up a human being and puts him or her within reach of self-knowledge."

There can be hope only for a society which acts as one big family, not as many separate ones.

I was brought up to believe that how I saw myself was more important than how others saw me.