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

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.

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

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

Motherhood isn't just about making babies, it's about making lives and molding destinies.

Maybe I am just an old fool with foolish thoughts, but those foolish thoughts allow this old fool to sleep quite comfortably at night.

That is happiness to be dissolved into something complete and great.

I've learned after doing a couple records that if it feels good and it's easy, then that's usually a good sign. And that feeling sorta went with us to Nashville - everything was just natural.

There will be fiscal issues that are appropriate to discuss.

If you really need to, you have to make it happen.

If you're keeping score, win!

People say there's a book in everyone but I'm not sure there is. There might be a pamphlet in me.

I made a big mistake. It is indefensible and I am sorry.

The world, nature, human beings, do not move like machines. The edges are never clear-cut, but always frayed. Nature never draws a line without smudging it.