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

"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."

Only when he has ceased to need things can a man truly be his own master and so really exist.

Real success is success with self. It's not in having things, but in having mastery, having victory over self.

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

Let there be no more war or bloodshed between Arabs and Israelis. Let there be no more suffering or denial of rights. Let there be no more despair or loss of faith.

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