It would be impossible to “love” anyone or anything one knew completely. Love is directed towards what lies hidden in its object. – Paul Valéry, Tel quel, 1943
Summer is delicious, rain is refreshing, wind braces up, snow is exhilarating; there is no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather. – John Ruskin
I should like to repeat what I stated recently in the Jeddah Economic Forum in Saudi Arabia: It wont be the religion, but rather the world-view of some of its followers that shall be made current. – Recep Tayyip Erdogan