“It must be someone collecting for charity. Respectable women never call the family for any other reason.”

“I knew Ferdowsi in his respect of women and family and never saw that he reduces the value of family in his precious masterpiece.”

“We should never insult others on account of their faults, for it is our duty to show charity and respect to everyone.”

“I don't believe in charity. I believe in solidarity. Charity is so vertical. It goes from the top to the bottom. Solidarity is horizontal. It respects the other person. I have a lot to learn from other people.”

“We are obligated to be more scrupulous in fulfilling the commandment of charity than any other positive commandment because charity is the sign of a righteous man.”

“Satisfy your demand for reason but always remember that charity is beyond reason, and God can be known through charity.”

“Children should above all be taught self-reliance, love for all men, altruism, mutual charity, and more than anything else, to think and reason for themselves... Aim at creating free men and women, free intellectually, free morally, unprejudiced in all respects, and above all things, unselfish.”

“I don't see any reason why I should look for someone who never took the trouble to love me.”

“Men must make women afraid and compliant, including through beatings; women must be housebound and servile. The men, then, can attend orgies or engage in any other sexual activity.”

“Charity is any kind act. No matter how little it may appear before others.”