"Death, so called, is a thing which makes men weep, And yet a third of life is passed in sleep."

"Men think highly of those who rise rapidly in the world whereas nothing rises quicker than dust, straw, and feathers."

"What men call gallantry, and gods adultery, Is much more common where the climate's sultry."

"Yes, love indeed is light from heaven; A spark of that immortal fire with angels shared, by Allah given to lift from earth our low desire."

"The strange thing about Africa is how past, present and future come together in a kind of rough jazz, if you like."

"What's amazing is, if young people understood how doing well in school makes the rest of their life so much interesting, they would be more motivated. It's so far away in time that they can't appreciate what it means for their whole life."

"A truer image of the world, I think, is obtained by picturing things as entering into the stream of time from an eternal world outside, than from a view which regards time as the devouring tyrant of all that is."

"In Hollywood you can see things at night that are fast enough to be in the Olympics in the day time."