God who preceded all existence is a refuge.

Truth does not become more true by virtue of the fact that the entire world agrees with it, nor less so even if the whole world disagrees with it.

Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.

I will destroy my enemies by converting them to friends.

There are eight levels of charity.... The highest is when you strengthen a man's hand until he need no longer be dependent upon others.

The physician should not treat the disease but the patient who is suffering from it

Teach thy tongue to say 'I do not know,' and thou shalt progress.

There are eight rungs in charity. The highest is when you help a man to help himself.

Let nothing which can be treated by diet be treated by other means.

Do not consider it proof just because it is written in books, for a liar who will deceive with his tongue will not hesitate to do the same with his pen.

Man's obsession to add to his wealth and honor is the chief source of his misery.

Be grateful when you have friends who care for you, it's a blessing to see nice happy people around us.

To be perfectly honest, I enjoy thinking dangerously

In Spain the dead are more alive than the dead of any other country in the world.

True meditation is letting go of manipulating our experience.

Make films whenever and however you can - don't take no for an answer.

Barbara Jordan is one [of the political heroes]. Her 1976 speech in New York inspired me to get into politics.

Man lowers his head and lunges into civilization, forgetting the days of his infancy when he sought truth in a snowflake or a stick. Man forgets the wisdom of the child.

Deeds, not words shall speak me.

A space in Paradise equivalent to the size of a foot would be better than the world and what is in it.

Some air you inhale was exhaled by Cleopatra.