Stop running after the waves. Let the sea come to you.

The digital world is developing with such force and such a pace that you simply can't ban or control it. People want to be globally connected.

Real filth is the one inside. The rest simply washes off. There is only one type of dirt that cannot be cleansed with pure waters, and that is the stain of hatred and bigotry contaminating the soul. You can purify your body through abstinence and fasting, but only love will purify your heart.

The world does not move through time as if it were a straight line, proceeding from the past to the future. Instead time moves through and within us, in endless spirals. Eternity does not mean infinite time, but simply timelessness.

When I am writing political op-eds, I do think carefully about the impact of my words. When I am writing fiction, it's a different story. In my fiction I am more reckless. I don't care about the real world until I am done with the book.

Moments are born and moments die. For new experiences to come to life, old ones need to wither away.

Even a speck of love should not go unappreciated, because, as Rumi said, love is the water of life.