There may be human joy in doing good with definite purpose, but they who do good expecting nothing in return know a joy that is divine.

Should we not invariably act in this life as though the God whom our heart desires with its highest desire were watching our every action?

It is sad to love and be unloved, but sadder still to be unable to love.

The angels that dry our eyes bear the form and the features of all we have said and thought—above all, of what we have done, prior to the hour of misfortune.

Only those who do not care, only those who find a way to diminish or extinguish the value of other human beings, survive wars without damage and speak of warrior honor afterward.

Seeing you lights up my day, to hear your voice makes me smile all cheesy, to see you smile makes my heart all warm and fuzzy, when you say I love you makes my body weak.

I like the incongruity of how in Iran, these people we think of as being revolutionaries or fanatics or whatever are just as aware of Luke Skywalker and Darth Vader as our people are back home.

Hodie mihi cras tibi, said the inscription. Sic transit gloria mundi. My turn today, yours tomorrow. And thus passes away the glory of the world.

Money never made a fool of anybody; it only shows them up.

Sometimes you have this tragedy which turns into an incredible opportunity.

Just because you are getting younger doesn't mean you are getting better

Sometimes what someone else does is really not what you expected them to do, which to be honest, sometimes doesn't work.

When Mrs. Jinnah feels cold, she will say so, and ask for a wrap herself.

I am very interested in and that is what Sun Tzu in his ancient Chinese text calls The Art of War.