“I will be patient till even patience tires of my patience.”

Two things cause people to be destroyed: fear of poverty and seeking superiority through pride.

If you overpower your enemy, then pardon him by way of thankfulness to Allah, for being able to subdue him.

Man ruins is present while worrying about his future – – but weeps in the future by recalling his past.

The one who has no control over his desires has no control over his mind.

There are three signs of a knowledgeable person: knowledge, forbearance and silence.

Do for this life as if you live forever, do for the afterlife as if you die tomorrow.

Always consider your intellect to be lacking; otherwise too much faith in it surely leads to error.

A hopeless man sees difficulties in every chance, but a hopeful person sees chances in every difficulty.

Think positively, no matter how hard life is.

Where there is haste, there must be mistake.

A friend cannot be considered a friend until he is tested in three occasions: in time of need, behind your back, and after your death.

He who understands humanity seeks solitude.

People’s hearts are like wild animals. They attach their selves to those that love and train them.

Do not take someone’s silence as his pride, perhaps he is busy fighting with his self.

A moment of patience in a moment of anger prevents a thousand moments of regret.

He lives as though death shall never come to him – but dies in a way as if he were never born.

I’ve never believed in or understood romantic love. Love at first sight was always a complete joke to me.

We Marxists believe that revolution will occur in other countries, as well. But it will occur at a time when it will be considered possible or necessary by revolutionaries of those countries.

Whatever God is urging you to clear away cannot begin to be compared to what He ultimately wants to bring you.

I hit an inside-the-park home run! I beat it out! Can you believe that?

It makes no sense to me that my gay friends cannot get married to each other because a certain slice of Christianity doesn’t believe in gay marriage.

You take those little rascals, talk to them good, pat them on the back, let them think they are good, and they will go out and beat the biguns.

Over time, I have come to believe that ‘brave’ does not mean what we think it does. It does not mean ‘being afraid and doing it anyway.’ Nope. Brave means listening to the still small voice inside and doing as it says. Regardless of what the rest of the world is saying.

In a crisis, don’t hide behind anything or anybody. They’re going to find you anyway.