I am not free and independent; I am a traveler with duties.

If you want an enemy, the soul (nafs) is sufficient. If you want advice, death is sufficient.

The truth cannot be deceptive, and one who sees it cannot be deceived.

The heart does not derive pure pleasure from what is impermanent.

Life is a manifestation of unity.

The mirror to the beautiful is beautiful.

A thing's innate disposition does not lie.

All true happiness, pure joy, sweet bounties, and unclouded pleasure are contained within the knowledge and love of God.

Creation's highest aim and most sublime result is belief in God. The most exalted rank of humanity is knowledge of God.

Jesus Christ is three in one: the way, the truth, and the life.

Imperfection inspires invention, imagination, creativity. It stimulates. The more I feel imperfect, the more I feel alive.

Each patient carries his own doctor inside him.

If I had my way, I'd end all wars and poverty. We should all be more aware of what's going on in the world around us and less ignorant.

For Silicon Valley and its idols, innovation is the new selfishness.

If you have one strong idea, you can't help repeating it and embroidering it. Sometimes I think that authors should write one novel and then be put in a gas chamber.

But actors at a certain point take the best of what's available to them.

A mental picturing of that which we want, with the complete acceptance and the conviction that it is ours now, will bring it quickly.

Do not give in to evil, but proceed ever more boldly against it.

Authoritarian political ideologies have a vested interest in promoting fear, a sense of the imminence of takeover by aliens and real diseases are useful material.