Its very difficult to talk about religion in Iran because religion has gotten so mixed up with politics. – Asghar Farhadi
Poetry, especially traditional Iranian poetry, is very good at looking at things from a number of different angles simultaneously. – Asghar Farhadi
In the worship of Bacchus, we have sacrificed too freely…. Why not consecrate ourselves to the queen of the Camelias, and revel in the warm stream of sympathy that flows from her altar? In the liquid amber within the ivory-porcelain, the initiated may touch the sweet reticence of Confucius… – Okakura KakuzÅ