There is no such thing as a little country. The greatness of a people is no more determined by their numbers than the greatness of a man is by his height.

Even the darkest night will end and the sun will rise.

It is not enough to be happy, one must be content.

Life is the flower for which love is the honey.

To love beauty is to see light.

An intelligent hell would be better than a stupid paradise.

The future has several names. For the weak, it is impossible; for the fainthearted, it is unknown; but for the valiant, it is ideal.

Go out in the world and work like money doesn't matter, sing as if no one is listening, love as if you have never been hurt, and dance as if no one is watching.

When dictatorship is a fact, revolution becomes a right.

Music expresses that which cannot be put into words.

There is nothing like a dream to create the future.

The Iranian government as a whole has no relationship with my films. They're not particularly interested, perhaps this kind of cinema is not very interesting to them.

If it is peace you want, seek to change yourself, not other people. It is easier to protect your feet with slippers than to carpet the whole of the earth.

Leave my image alone... I will behave as I think I should and I will not change anything.

The miracle of the Atonement can make up for imperfections in our performance.

I have been a wanderer among distant fields. I have sailed down mighty rivers.

A little love has made me willingly study, preach, write, and even suffer.

The lazy Christian has his mouth full of complaints, when the active Christian has his heart full of comforts.

Each tomorrow will depend on the love you give today.

His wit invites you by his looks to come, But when you knock, it never is at home.