The difference between success and failure is often about 5% more effort.
The acme of humbleness is to forget unfalteringly good deeds of oneself.
If you want to conquer pride, do not say that your deed was done by your hands and might; say that with God's help and guidance it was done, not by my power and efforts.
If you want to conquer anger, develop meekness and generosity.
Those who are not capable of sinning are said that they have attained freedom. The knowledge of the Truth raises them even more. This makes them both free and above this world. But only Love creates. He who became free thanks to knowledge, because of Love remains a slave of those who have not managed to attain the Freedom of knowledge yet. He brings the knowledge to them and this develops the latter because it calls them to the Freedom. Love takes nothing: how can it take something? Everything belongs to it. It does not say, "This is mine! And this is mine!" But it says: "This is yours!"
The acme of freedom from wealth is to desire to be possessionless even as others desire to possess.
Listen to others' advice and deliberate yourself. Only fools acts thoughtlessly, without consideration!
Surprise, unpredictability: these are the main materials of creativity.
All which is not prose is verse; and all which is not verse is prose.
The Iranian people have a proud past. They merit a great future.
The disruption caused by globalization and technology (what Tom Friedman calls hyperconnectedness) will be around for the rest of our professional lives.