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

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.

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

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

How do evil people find the strength to do good?

Love of God is pure when joy and suffering inspire an equal degree of gratitude.

I wasn't really sold on being an artist until high school, my senior year. I was going to do the college thing originally.

I believe journalism is coming to be regarded as quite a respectable occupation for gentlemen nowadays.

It is not about never doubting, it is about coming out on the other side with twice the faith you had going into your doubt.

Where success is concerned, people are not measured in inches, or pounds, or college degrees, or family back-ground; they are measured by the size of their thinking.

A government is like fire, a handy servant, but a dangerous master.

Jesus said, 'Except a man be born of water and of the spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.' There are no exceptions. Baptism is a necessary ordinance.

It was being young and sensitive and an actor. There was a lot of pressure, everything was a hurdle.

No man can be happy without a friend, nor be sure of his friend till he is unhappy.