There are no incurable diseases — only the lack of will. There are no worthless herbs — only the lack of knowledge.

Width of life is more important than length of life.

The world is divided into men who have wit and no religion and men who have religion and no wit.

The knowledge of anything, since all things have causes, is not acquired or complete unless it is known by its causes.

Is it the fault of wine if a fool drinks it and goes stumbling into darkness?

An ignorant doctor is the aide-de-camp of death.

The more brilliant the lightning, the quicker it disappears.

I [prefer] a short life with width to a narrow one with length.

Medicine considers the human body as to the means by which it is cured and by which it is driven away from health.

The different sorts of madness are innumerable.

In God alone, essence (what He is) and existence (that he is) coincide.

She has a beautiful heart that plays a euphonious symphony. She is the Zahir that touches your Soul.

He's just like a stallion. Wild and kicking on the outside, but a heart soft as satin on the inside. Just waiting for the right girl to break him in.

I do not think that my films or films by any other filmmaker represent "THE TRUTH." I do not feel the need to categorize my films or anyone else's.

The democratic process is supposed to be one person one vote, but it turns out that money is talking louder than the votes.

Writer's block is for people who have the luxury of time.

The logic of a madman is a sane man's confusion.

My work has changed my life. My work has saved my life. My life has changed my work.

I'm not interested in how people dress.

The day I worry about cleaning my house is the day Sears comes out with a riding vacuum cleaner.

Affectation is the product of falsehood.