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

One could only damage oneself through the harm one did to others. One could never get directly at oneself.

What is not possible is not to choose.

What never vary are the necessities of being in the world, of having to labor and to die there.

If I relegate impossible Salvation to the prop room, what remains? A whole man, composed of all men and as good as all of them and no better than any.

I found the human heart empty and insipid everywhere except in books.

To believe is to know you believe, and to know you believe is not to believe.