Day and NightThe night is long: do not shorten it by sleep. The day is fair: do not darken it with wrongdoing.

There is a Persian proverb: 'To test that which has been tested is ignorance.' To try to test something without the means of testing is even worse.

Better to be safe than to be sorry' is a remark of value only when these are the actual alternatives.

Haste is from the Devil.

Any society which enjoins its members to adhere to both of these (politeness and truth) is a fraud.

Three ThingsThree things cannot be retrieved:The arrow once sped from the bowThe word spoken in hasteThe missed opportunity.(Ali the Lion, Caliph of Islam, son-in-law of Mohammed the Prophet),

Definitions from Mulla Do-PiazaFlattery:One of the most promising of businesses: always brisk.

Definitions from Mulla Do-Piaza.Poverty: The result of marriage.

Definitions from Mulla Do-PiazaEmotionalist:A man or woman who thinks he has experienced the divine.

You call me an unbeliever. I shall therefore call you a True Believer since a lie is best met with one of similar magnitude.

Definitions from Mulla Do-PiazaIntellectual: One who knows no craft.

Are you joining a conversation or taking it over? Stay aware of how you join a conversation and of your effect on a conversation.

I was far from being a child prodigy, and yet I learnt relativity at the age of 15!

Mother's arms are made of tenderness, and sweet sleep blesses the child who lies within.

To have mercy and truth requires love, good understanding and respect.

Most, if not all, creativity is born out of perspiration rather than inspiration.

It's the same reason why someone has a Web page or why people feel comfortable going on reality TV.

In my dorm room, I was a hermit making music, I've always had a sense of urgency that I don't have forever to make this happen.

We mingle in society not so much to meet others as to escape ourselves.

Old man! 'Tis not difficult to die.

I'm fascinated with video games, though I can't really play them. It's definitely an art form that intrigues me to no end, though.