There is a Persian proverb: 'To test that which has been tested is ignorance.' To try to test something without the means of testing is even worse.

Better to be safe than to be sorry' is a remark of value only when these are the actual alternatives.

Haste is from the Devil.

Any society which enjoins its members to adhere to both of these (politeness and truth) is a fraud.

Three ThingsThree things cannot be retrieved:The arrow once sped from the bowThe word spoken in hasteThe missed opportunity.(Ali the Lion, Caliph of Islam, son-in-law of Mohammed the Prophet),

Definitions from Mulla Do-PiazaFlattery:One of the most promising of businesses: always brisk.

Definitions from Mulla Do-Piaza.Poverty: The result of marriage.

Definitions from Mulla Do-PiazaEmotionalist:A man or woman who thinks he has experienced the divine.

You call me an unbeliever. I shall therefore call you a True Believer since a lie is best met with one of similar magnitude.

Definitions from Mulla Do-PiazaIntellectual: One who knows no craft.

Saying of the ProphetDesireDesire not the world, and God will love you. Desire not what others have, and they will love you.

Satisfaction is not the achievement of what we want, but the awareness of what we have.

P3- every simple need to which an institutional answer is found permit the invention of a new class of poor and a new definition of poverty

Like threads of silver seen through crystal beads Let love through good deeds show.

Truly charismatic people, in my experience, dont come along very often.

Having once embarked on your marital voyage, it is impossible not to be aware that you make no way and the sea is not within sight; that in fact, you are exploring an enclosed basin.

I'm trying to do what Eddie Murphy did for his generation. You have to show people, 'I'm different. I'm not just a comedian.' I'm trying to become a rock star.

You're grateful and appreciative that people liked you and remember you.

I grew up with lots of animals and I related more to them than I did to people. I feel a lot of empathy for them.

I'm a classic emerald green Sixties Jaguar that nobody can own, but my husband is allowed to drive.

Meek Walton's heavenly memory.