Use a sweet tongue, courtesy, and gentleness, and thou mayest manage to guide an elephant by a hair. - Saadi

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It's been interesting to see how similar audiences in the East and West are, actually, and how it makes you realize that when politicians emphasize the differences between our cultures, it's usually because it benefits them more so than us.

Saadi

Use a sweet tongue, courtesy, and gentleness, and thou mayest manage to guide an elephant by a hair.

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A wise man among the ignorant is as a beautiful girl in the company of blind men.

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Human beings are members of a whole, In creation of one essence and soul. If one member is afflicted with pain, Other members uneasy will remain. If you have no sympathy for human pain, The name of human you cannot retain.

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I fear God the most, but after Him, I fear those who don't fear Him.

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You who feel no pain at the suffering of others It is not fitting for you to be called human.

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Have patience. All things are difficult before they become easy.

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