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

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.

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

That word, confidence, was like butter on a hot stove for Darien, what he considered the most attractive quality in a woman.

Man was the last of Creation but was given the duty to care for the Earth and all other created living creatures.

The girl's lover was gone, but his shadow was still there.

Charity should always be a constant.

If we were living in ancient Rome or Greece, I would be considered sickly and unattractive. The times dictate that thin is better for some strange reason, which I think is foolish.

The Constitution poses no threat to our current form of government.

As they were carting him off on a gurney, all I could think was, I wish that was me.

It takes incredible fortitude to keep on the road, even though it's fun and it's rewarding and you can't complain, it's just a great life, but it takes a lot of energy.

My dad had even hired an accompanist to play for me on a piano. But he had never pushed me to music because I don't think he wanted me to be hurt as much as he was if it didn't work.

We do not ignore maturity. Maturity consists in not losing the past while fully living in the present with a prudent awareness of the possibilities of the future.

The Bible is wonderful. It's only one book, but you can put two grams of coke on top of the Bible, and you first take a line of coke and then you open the Bible. Because then you understand.