The only response to stupidity and ignorance was silence

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.

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

The monsters don't live in the belly of the world like they all say. The monsters live inside of us. We make the monsters.

There's one thing about baldness - it's neat.

I am clearly vulnerable on the question of socializing under circumstances not appropriate for a married man.

The easiest thing is to make sure you feel happy and satisfied in this moment. Setting long term goals is much more effort taking, but at the same time much more fulfilling.

Once Celtic got their equaliser, they played a sort of anti-football.

The Clinton foundation has done a lot of good in the world.

Because of the hegemony of fundamentalist religion in the United States, this country has been among the most resistant to the fact of human evolution.

For what is delusion but the prelude to hurt. And what is hurt but the prelude to rage.

It's not like I sit around watching my movies again and again, but I've never quite believed actors when they say they don't watch themselves.

Since the very beginning of culture, what we seem to be are animals which take in raw material and excrete it imprinted with ideas.