Skepticism is a virtue in history as well as in philosophy.

No great man lives in vain. The history of the world is but the biography of great men.

I lead no party I follow no leader. I have given the best part of my life to careful study of Islam, its law and polity, its culture, its history and its literature.

What is history? An echo of the past in the future a reflex from the future on the past.

Well, for us, in history where goodness is a rare pearl, he who was good almost takes precedence over he who was great.