With Malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation's wounds.

Glory and reflected glory are best manifested between the Sun and the Moon.

A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty. 

Religion must mainly be a matter of principles only. It cannot be a matter of rules. The moment it degenerates into rules, it ceases to be a religion, as it kills responsibility which is an essence of the true religious act.

Life has its struggles which require bravery and vigour. Thus it needs much more courage to live than to die.

I believe 3D is inevitable because it's about aligning our entertainment systems to our sensory system. We all have two eyes; we all see the world in 3D. And it's natural for us to want our entertainment in 3D as well. It's just getting the technology - it's really more the business model than the technology piece. We've solved the technology.

I made a mistake by being ejected from the presidency. Next time, I will choose a Cabinet which will allow me to be life President.

In most cases, my visits to the West are for promotion of human values and religious harmony.

The virtues, like the Muses, are always seen in groups. A good principle was never found solitary in any breast.

Culture is the widening of the mind and of the spirit.

After 2014, we will support a unified Afghanistan as it takes responsibility for its own future.

Abundance may be the root cause of wastage.