“Either sin is with you, lying on your shoulders, or it is lying on Christ, the Lamb of God. Now if it is lying on your back, you are lost; but if it is resting on Christ, you are free, and you will be saved. Now choose what you want.”

Whoever does not know God hidden in suffering does not know God at all.

It’s not what I don’t know that bothers me – it’s what I do know and don’t do!

If ever the church is to flourish again, one must begin by instructing the young.

If ever the church is to flourish again, one must begin by instructing the young.

If ever the church is to flourish again, one must begin by instructing the young.

Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree.

Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree.

Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree.

A lie is like a snowball: the further you roll it the bigger it becomes.

The sin underneath all our sins is to trust the lie of the serpent that we cannot trust the love and grace of Christ and must take matters into our own hands.

Many pass for saints on earth whose souls are in hell.

If the earth is fit for laughter then surely heaven is filled with it. Heaven is the birthplace of laughter.

The Bible is alive, it speaks to me; it has feet, it runs after me; it has hands, it lays hold of me.

Make sure to send a lazy man the angel of death.

Strange, though I am saved from sin, I am not saved from sinning.

Our Lord has written the promise of resurrection, not in books alone, but in every leaf in springtime.

I would rather be a man of paradoxes than a man of prejudices.

The rich want good wine, the poor, plenty of wine.

We are our choices.

The self is not something ready-made, but something in continuous formation through choice of action.

People always ask me, ‘What is it that you regret?’ And I say, ‘nothing because I could not buy what I’ve learned.’ And I apply those things to my life I learn. And hopefully, hopefully it helps me to be a better human in the future and make better choices.

If you are going to be a winner, you have to acknowledge the truth—it is you who took the actions, thought the thoughts, created the feelings, and made the choices that got you to where you now are. It was you!

I have no religion, but if I were to choose one, it would be that of Shariati’s.

On top of the world, or in the depths of despair.