“Expect the best, prepare for the worst.”— Muhammad Ali Jinnah Related Quotes “One major cost of self-deception is that we use painful life experiences to justify being non-ideal versions of ourselves.”— Cortney S. Warren “We finally realize this one day that our solitude is a blessing for us!”— Avijeet Das “Half the published articles on Gaza contain a standard reference to its resemblance to a vast open-air prison (and when I last saw it under Israeli occupation it certainly did deserve this metaphor). The problem is that, given its ideology and its allies, Hamas qualifies rather too well in the capacity of guard and warder.”— Christopher Hitchens