What the result means is that the Franco-German axis is in serious trouble. It's the end of a phase which began in 2002.

Most of us wait until we're in trouble, and then we pray like the dickens. Wonder what would happen if, some morning, we'd wake up and say, "Anything I can do for You today, Lord?"

Optimism, unaccompanied by personal effort, is merely a state of mind and not fruitful.

The Universe knows itself and expands itself through me.

I don't think other people in the world would share the view there is mounting chaos.

Earlier research has shown that poor blood flow can damage these parts of the brain. So one theory is that exercise may prevent damage and might even help repair these areas by increasing blood flow.

I want to be the first to bless you on what God has blessed you with - fighting in the heart of the Muslim world that was a battleground for large historic Islamic wars and what is now the place of Islam's greatest war in the present era.