“Some people are ok with doing nothing all day after they retire, but then some people if they had nothing to do would go mad and start banging their heads against a wall. .”

Hatred, intolerance, poor hygienic conditions and violence all have roots in illiteracy, so we’re trying to do something to help the poor and the needy.

Well, sometimes if I go out to dinner with my family, people will come up to me and put their hand across my plate for me to shake, sometimes when I have a bite of food in my mouth.

People go out of their way to show the love and respect for me. It is very gratifying.

I am not a madman or a nut.

No money on earth can buy the love and affection that has been given to me by a grateful nation.

I find this a bit disturbing

I have to ask Allah’s forgiveness and not get angry, because they come to me out of love, and it’s not fitting that I should turn to them in hatred.

I am proud of my work for my country.

I miss you a little less each day. You’re just a faded memory now – delicate; tucked away.

My day begins and ends with gratitude and joy.

Every day declare for yourself what you want in life. Declare it as though you have it!

The reason life works at all is that not everyone in your tribe is nuts on the same day.

I think if I was going to be someone for a day, I would want to be a performer, someone big, like Rihanna. I’d want to feel the energy of being on stage. I’ve always found that very interesting.

How dismal it is to see present day Americans yearning for the very orthodoxy that their country was founded to escape.

There is not a day that goes by that does not include a conversation with God. There is not a day that goes by that does not contain signs. There are many days that go by on which we do not hear the conversation, do not see the signs. So stay awake.

Every day you must be able to say, I have to get up because I’m needed by someone. As long as you have that, you’re healthy.