Begin to be now what you will be hereafter.
If you're going through hell, keep going.
The secret of getting ahead is getting started.
It's always too early to quit.
To be a good loser is to learn how to win.
Only the educated are free.
To know oneself, one should assert oneself.
Leap, and the net will appear.
What you do today can improve all your tomorrows.
After a storm comes a calm.
Poetry, especially traditional Iranian poetry, is very good at looking at things from a number of different angles simultaneously.
It's very difficult to talk about religion in Iran because religion has gotten so mixed up with politics.