“Whoever is not made glorified by taqwa can find no glory.”

Be hard on yourself, easy on others.

He may follow me; and if truth be on his side, I may follow him.

The one who admonishes his brother secretly, he has advised sincerely and has honored him.

Whenever I face an opponent in debate I silently pray – O Lord, help him so that truth may flow from his heart and on his tongue, and so that if truth is on my side.

How strange! You seek guidance, yet you do not tread its path, surely a boat does not sail on land.

My heart is at ease knowing that what was meant for me will never miss me, and that what misses me was never meant for me.

Never do I argue with a man with a desire to hear him say what is wrong, or to expose him and win victory over him.

When my heart became constricted and my paths became narrow I took my hope in Your pardon and forgiveness as an opening and an escape

My sin burdened me heavily. But when I measured it against Your Grace,

O Lord, Your forgiveness came out greater.

To admonish your brother in private is to advise him and improve him.

All humans are dead except those who have knowledge; and all those who have knowledge are asleep, except those who do good deeds.

Knowledge is not what is memorised. Knowledge is what benefits.

To be able to thank Allah for a blessing is a blessing within itself.

You say that you are just a body, but inside of you is something greater than the Universe.

I complained to Waki’ about the weakness of my memorisation, So he instructed me to abandon disobedience;

I keep finding myself stifled by the company of others and then crippled by loneliness when I leave them.

I know of no single formula for success. But over the years I have observed that some attributes of leadership are universal and are often about finding ways of encouraging people to combine their efforts, their talents, their insights, their enthusiasm and their inspiration to work together.

When we’ve looked into trying to find a full daycare place in London it’s just been impossible. You just cannot get one.

What I should like to find is a crime the effects of which would be perpetual, even when I myself do not act, so that there would not be a single moment of my life even when I were asleep.

So long as there is one [person] who seeks employment and cannot find it, the hours of work are too long.

Heroes are necessary in order to enable the citizens to find their own ideals, courage and wisdom in the society. The hero carries our hopes, our aspirations, our ideals, our beliefs. In the deepest sense the hero is created by us; he or she is born collectively as our own myth.

We read books to find out who we are. What other people, real or imaginary, do and think and feel… is an essential guide to our understanding of what we ourselves are and may become.

It doesn’t matter if you come from the inner city. People who fail in life are people who find lots of excuses. It’s never too late for a person to recognize that they have potential in themselves.