It's so much more interesting to study a ... damaged world. I find it difficult to learn anything in a place that's too civilized.

Let pressure pass over and through you. That way you can't be harmed by it.

In adverse circumstances, every creature becomes something else, evolving or devolving. What makes us human is that we know what we once were, and, let us hope, we remember how to change back.

Don't mistake activity with achievement.

Doing more for others makes your life more abundant.

Take a look at Israel's history and you would know who the terrorist is.

It is easy to perform a good action, but not easy to acquire a settled habit of performing such actions.

Do I consider myself a part of the casino capitalist process? No I don't. I believe in a society where all people do well.

Iran has always had a good relationship with Europe. The Middle East is Europe's neighbor, and we are a strong player in this region.

Do you ever sit back and wonder what it all means? Whether this is it or if there's something greater out there? Or if you were meant for something better?

Men are most apt to believe what they least understand; and through the lust of human wit obscure things are more easily credited.

[History is] the story of the magnificent rear-guard action fought during several thousand years by dogma against curiosity.

Nothing would be more tiresome than eating and drinking if God had not made them a pleasure as well as a necessity.