“The best fights are the ones you don't have", a wise man once said to me.”

“A wise man once said, never discuss philosophy or politics in a disco environment.”

“A very wise man once told me that you can't look back-you just have to put the past behind you, and find something better in your future.”

“And of course you believed their wise counsel," said Elizabeth lightly, "because people who have never met me are always the best judge of my character.”

“A wise man from my home once told me that these mountains have seen far too much suffering and killing, and that each rock and every boulder you see represents a mujahadeen who died fighting either the Russians or the Taliban. Then the man went on to say that now that the fighting is finished, it is time to build a new era of peace-and the first step in that process is to take up the stones and start turning them into schools.”

“A wise man once told me that only by leaving someone good can you meet someone better.”