“Your desire for involvement with the world of means when Allah has withdrawn you from it is a fall from high aspiration.”

Your desire to withdraw from everything when Allah has involved you in the world of means is a hidden appetite.

Dhikr is the reason for the life of the heart and leaving it is the reason for its death.

A feeling of discouragement when you slip up is a sure sign that you put your faith in deeds

Elite is not a bad word, it’s an aspirational one.

Sad that our finest aspiration, Our freshest dreams and meditations, In swift succession should decay, Like Autumn leaves that rot away.

The depth of darkness to which you can descend and still live is an exact measure of the height to which you can aspire to reach.

All of us have to be committed to a life beyond our own aspirations.

Our task today is to bring India to the threshold of the twenty-first century, free of burden of poverty, legacy of our colonial past, and capable of meeting the rising aspirations of our people.

Celebrity culture is an aspirational culture regardless of how much you don’t want it to be.

Repentance is another name for aspiration.

Many casting directors won’t hire aspiring actors because you might be burning some chick’s headshot under the table so she doesn’t get the part.