Gone Grey

People who annoy us and irritate us are our greatest spiritual friends, our greatest teachers. It is very easy to be ever so nice and loving to people who are ever so nice and loving back to us. Anybody can do that, right? I mean, that is nothing. But to have a loving mind towards someone who is driving you crazy, that really is something, you know..?

“If I have one message to give to the secular American people, it’s that the world is not divided into countries. The world is not divided between East and West. You are American, I am Iranian, we don’t know each other, but we talk together and we understand each other perfectly. The difference between you and your government is much bigger than the difference between you and me. And the difference between me and my government is much bigger than the difference between me and you. And our governments are very much the same.”