Thou art never at any time nearer to God than when under tribulation; which He permits for the purification and beautifying of thy soul.

It is a maxim that will endure: To truly know the living God, this begets humility.

With the wind of tribulation God separates in the floor of the soul, the chaff from the corn.

because wherever I sat—on the deck of a ship or at a street café in Paris or Bangkok—I would be sitting under the same glass bell jar, stewing in my own sour air.

Your self-esteem and emotional strength relies solely onhow you think and how you see things around you.

To move into what God has in mind for you, it is necessary to discover your purpose, to know where you are going, and to understand the reason for your existence.

The Founding Fathers gave the free press the protection it must have to bare the secrets of government and inform the people.

When I disagree with a rational man, I let reality be our final arbiter; if I am right, he will learn; if I am wrong, I will; one of us will win, but both will profit.

Among other things, autoimmune disorders are an induction into a world of unstable information and no reliable expertise.

The one thing I have found about Hollywood is it's a town full of people who believe in themselves, often to a degree where they're what you would call "delusional."

Don't assume that your personal moral compass, however admirable it may be, will always give you the right answer to complicated questions that require in-depth analysis.

In an unmoored life like mine, sleep and hunger and work arrange themselves to suit themselves, without consulting me.

We do not have homosexuals in Iran like you do [in America].