No idea can succeed except at the expense of sacrifice; no one ever escapes without enduring strain from the struggle of life.

The prayer of the agnostic: "O God, if there is a God, save my soul if I have a soul."

The only way of salvation for the world is by returning to thy allegiance.... Firm in my faith, I shall have force to withstand my evil counsellors, my skepticism, which leads me to doubt of the people, my restless spirit which, after truth has been brought to light, impels to go on searching for it.

Muslims are the first victims of Islam. To liberate a Muslim from his religion is the best service that one can render him!

To have common glories in the past, a common will in the present; to have done great things together, to will to do the like again, — such are the essential conditions for the making of a people.

The man who obeys is nearly always better than the man who commands.

A nation has a soul, a spiritual principle. One is in the past, the other in the present. One is the possession of a rich legacy of memories; the other is the desire to live together and to value the common heritage.