There's a lack of knowledge about Iran and the Iranian people.

It's a tradition in Islamic society to issue pardons at the end of Ramadan.

If you are an [American] politician it's very hard to imagine. "Now we are going to treat these guys as our equals? That's ridiculous. What have they ever done to deserve that?"

Americans tend not to distinguish between political rhetoric and real intentions, which can lead to great misunderstanding.

The thing about Iran is there are many political factions and it's not quite the dictatorial, authoritarian state with one person always making every single decision.

Iran is a huge country and much, much more sophisticated than most people imagine... It certainly has the potential to be at least the way Turkey is to most Americans.

The wrong Democratic reaction to a stupid Republican utterance is to play hurt.

I was born in Iran, left at a very young age - less than a year old - and grew up and was educated in the West.

I mean, we do believe in due process in America. I thought we did.

I know that my cell phone in Iran... is bugged, and they listen in, and my emails, I'm sure, are monitored inside Iran. They have my email address; it's not like they can't snoop on it.

We do know that no person can be saved except through Christ. We do not know that only those who know Him can be saved by Him.

Only Light can drive away the shadows, Darkness can never be diminished by more darkness.

It's a dreadful world with only your own heart to drive you.

I don't really advocate for psychedelics. I don't really think anybody needs to do them, or has to do them. For me, they were the only way I could have cracked open my own spirit in a way.

A broom is drearily sweeping up the broken pieces of yesterday's life.

Glory fills the world with virtue, and, like a beneficent sun, covers the whole earth with flowers and with fruits.

Wild sings the bird of the heart in the forests of our lives.

It's easy to die. Just give your breath back to the trees and the wind.

Idolatry is worshipping anything that ought to be used, or using anything that is meant to be worshipped.

Songs of worship arise from a life of worship.