Whatever things a man gives up, By those he cannot suffer pain.

How can one, who eats the flesh of others to swell his flesh, show compassion?

The only gift is giving to the poor; All else is exchange.

There is no greater wealth than Virtue,And no greater loss than to forget it.

Even more than the time when she gave birth, a mother feels her greatest joy when she hears others refer to her son as a wise learned one.

The biggest fool is he who has learned much, taught much, and is still discontented.

Be wise among the wise, but pretend to be dull among fools.

The lotus' stem is as long as the depth of water, So men's height is just as great as their inner strength.

Real kindness seeks no return.

Friendship with the wise gets better with time, as a good book gets better with age.

Among a man's many good possessions, A good command of speech has no equal. Prosperity and ruin issue from the power of the tongue. Therefore, guard yourself against thoughtless speech.

Some people are married to ideas that they do not love, ideas that do not love them in return. They are married to ideas they do not sleep with, ideas that rob them of their sleep.

Where religion clashes with science is that religion makes smart people do stupid things.

You were created as a masterpiece and you are one of God's expressions of beauty. Short, tall, thin, thick, freckles, big eyes, small ones . . . it doesn't matter.

There are new eras in one's life that are equivalent to youth-are something better than youth.

Half-man, half-beast, all nightmare. The shapeshifter warrior form.

On my visits back home, if they saw that I was getting a big head, they'd let me know right away.

And I don't watch cricket. How can you like a game that requires you to take four days off work to follow a Test?

I think having a child can really change you if you're open to it.

An author must learn the principles of good storytelling only in order to write better from the heart.

We can't say whether Tehran is supporting Al Qaeda, but we do know that al-Qaida people come here from Pakistan through Iran.