And envy, envious of a time when the poet, the mystic, the scientist and the statesman were nobler than the merchant.

Hope had only revealed herself to him when he was immersed in darkness

The sword of Zulfiqar is a perfect fusion of power and function

He was everyone and every living creature in one ecstatic motion.

He was going to embrace love every day. He would appreciate the world every hour. And he will believe in God every second

The only wealth that mattered was affinity and generosity. Affinity towards oneself and generosity towards the world itself.

Leadership was not an act of bravery but rather forbearance and the strength to move forward with humility in the belief of what is righteous

Mourning was really for the living.

His transcendent sense of worth had risen and caught up to him. He did not like the world he lived in, and the people in it. He was just as much a victim as he was a culprit of the seven deadly sins.

He had found riches beyond worldly imagination. He had found the never ending well of love.

Interpreting dreams for Iranians was just as much a sacrament as reading coffee cups was for Turks

It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting.

Marriage is just like business, only a few succeed, many manage & the REST RESIGN.

There’s no such thing as perfection, and even if there were, I think it’d be rather boring.

Had an amazing weekend hanging with my pals.

Ballet is only good when it is great.

If you work so hard to reach your goal but you lose your pole in the very last run, that's hard to take.

You're going to reap just what you sow

When you're dealing with new and emerging diseases, you have no idea and you can't predict in advance what would happen.

Most of us are animal lovers. We insist that we love all animals equally - the hamster, the weasel, and the zebra - but if pressed, we will admit to being either a cat person or a dog person.

Any doorway that leads you to a deeper understanding of who you are is worthwhile.