What God expects us to attempt, He also enables us to achieve.
If you forget you have to struggle for improvement you go backward.
I do want to once again speak directly to the Iranian people. Yours is a great civilization with a vibrant culture that has so much to contribute to the world - in commerce and in science and in arts. For decades, your government's threats and actions to destabilize your region have isolated Iran from much of the world, and now our governments are talking with one another. Following the nuclear deal, you, especially young Iranians, have the opportunity to begin building new ties with the world.
I am conscious of having served England as I served my own country.
I do not love fiction, I love history.
Some people in the west have responded to the terrorist attacks by trying to look for everything that is positive in Islam. I think that was a strong response after 911, was to try to reach out as positively as possible.