Firoozeh Dumas said this quote

“ Throughout his job ordeal, my father never complained. He remained an Iranian who loved his native country but who also believed in American ideals. He only said how sad it was that people so easily hate an entire population simply because of the actions of a few. And what a waste it is to hate, he always said. What a waste. ”

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My dad always says that kindness is our religion and if we treat everybody the way we would like to be treated, the world would be a better place.

~ Firoozeh Dumas

... even though we belong to three different religions. We are alike in so many more ways than we are different.

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Who would have ever though that a person could be so powerful, then so completely powerless, all in the same lifetime?

~ Firoozeh Dumas

The Limoges set has brought us more joy in its absence than it ever did in our cupboards. Of course, we no longer own a set of china to pass down to our kids, but that's okay. Francois and I plan on giving our children something more valuable, the simple truth that the best way to go through life is to be a major donor of kindness. We'll tell them that it's possible to own a whole bunch of beautiful, valuable things and still be miserable. But sometimes just having a recipe for chocolate Bunt cake can make a person far, far happier.

~ Firoozeh Dumas