"Think more like the rich if you want to create more wealth."

“Realize how good you really are.”

“Indiscriminate pursuit of perfection infallibly leads to mediocrity.”

Source : Henry Fuseli (1831). “Lectures. Aphorisms. A history of art in the schools of Italy”, p.111

“I don't feel the need to prove myself to others, but to prove myself to myself”

“What language shall I borrow To thank Thee, dearest Friend, For this, Thy dying sorrow, Thy pity without end? O make me Thine forever, And should I fainting be, Lord, let me never, never Outlive my love for Thee.”

“No man is really changed by success. What happens is that success works on the man’s personality like a truth drug, bringing him out of the closet and revealing… what was always inside his head.”

“We try to coordinate regularly with Russia, as well as with others - except for the United States - on what is happening in the region. And we're open to discussing with everybody the situation in Syria, because we believe it's a common threat.”

Source : "Iran's Javad Zarif on Syria, Russia, and Donald Trump". Interview with Robin Wright, www.newyorker.com. December 18, 2015.

“People might think writing is a hard business, but it's nowhere near acting.”

“I've driven all through America and I know there are a lot of clever people between the coasts. But they have a slightly old-fashioned view of the world. Whereas New York is one of the most multicultural, multiracial, tolerant places on Earth.”