Don’t get carried away by others’ opinions, they may be mischievous or motivated.

 It is the prime responsibility of every citizen to feel that his country is free and to defend its freedom is his duty. 

 A  language that does not evolve with time dies a natural death.

You not supposed to feel down over whatever happen to you. I mean, you're supposed to use whatever happen to you as some type of upper, not a downer.

Intelligence is the application of knowledge.

For though we love both the truth and our friends, piety requires us to honor the truth first.

In war, you can only be killed once, but in politics, many times.

Of course, when I say that human nature is gentleness, it is not 100 percent so. Every human being has that nature, but there are many people acting against their nature, being false.

The magic doesn't come from within the director's mind, it comes from within the heart of the actors. 

The human voice can never reach the distance that is covered by the still small voice of conscience. 

Our single most important challenge is therefore to help establish a social order in which the freedom of the individual will truly mean the freedom of the individual.

In most cases, my visits to the West are for promotion of human values and religious harmony.