Freedom is not an end. Freedom is a beginning.

Political dictatorship and social hopelessness create the desperation that fuels religious extremism.

It's quite difficult for me not to be able to return to my country, but in my country justice has been murdered.

No, I am not pregnant. I am fat. And, as the Prime Minister, its my right to be fat if I want to.

Every dictator uses religion as a prop to keep himself in power.

The best hijab is in the eyes of the beholder.

What is not recorded is not remembered.

Purusing peace means rising above one's own wants, needs, and emotions.

A people inspired by democracy, human rights and economic opportunity will turn their back decisively against extremism.

To make peace, one must be an uncompromising leader. To make peace, one must also embody compromise.

You can imprison a man, but not an idea. You can exile a man, but not an idea. You can kill a man, but not an idea.

Recommend to your children virtue; that alone can make them happy, not gold.

All my life I have regarded myself as one of Mozart's greatest admirers, and I will remain one until my last breath.

Love demands all, and has a right to all.

There is no greater pleasure for me than to practice and exhibit my art.

I will seize fate by the throat; it shall certainly never wholly overcome me.

Music is the one incorporeal entrance into the higher world of knowledge which comprehends mankind but which mankind cannot comprehend.

No friend have I. I must live by myself alone; but I know well that God is nearer to me than others in my art, so I will walk fearlessly with Him.

This is the mark of a really admirable man: steadfastness in the face of trouble.