"The essential elements of giving are power and love - activity and affection - and the consciousness of the race testifies that in the high and appropriate exercise of these is a blessedness greater than any other."

"It's very difficult to talk about religion in Iran because religion has gotten so mixed up with politics."

"If you take something out of the freezer, it's cold, but what happens when it melts? It's a cool party, a cool person, a cool collection. What does that mean? I'm more interested in things that are uncool, things that have a certain individuality, a certain soul, a certain longevity, emotion, fragility."

"The authentic self is the soul made visible."

"From a religious point of view, if God had thought homosexuality is a sin, he would not have created gay people."