“Seek the fellowship of those who enjoy fellowship with the Lord”

Disrespect earns the displeasure of the creator and the creation.

O you who complain to people about your misfortunes, what good will it do you to complain to creatures?

Turn away from vanity and seek Him in the recesses of your heart and soul

He himself will pick you out and prompt you to be a source of guidance.

How can you lay claim to faith, when you have no patience at all. Surely you must have heard the saying of the prophet, peace and blessings be upon him.

He Himself shall endow you with the inner strength to endure the changes of fortune and will instill within you infinite wisdom

Do not follow the desires of your lower self. Should the Lord wish.

They can bring you neither benefit nor harm. If you rely on them and associate partners with the Lord of the Truth, they will make you distant from Him, cause you to fall into His displeasure.

Do not be fooled by your youthful appearance for very soon it would be taken away from you.

“Patience is to faith, as the head is to the body.”

Listen to your heart and not your ego. Your ego prompts you to boast of vain assertions to obtain the glory of this world.

Do not become the candle that gives light to others but itself remains in darkness.

A contented mind is the greatest blessing a man can enjoy in this world.

Basketball has been my life and I worked at it so hard because I enjoyed it so much.

A contented mind is the greatest blessing a man can enjoy in this world; and if in the present life his happiness arises from the subduing of his desires, it will arise in the next from the gratification of them.

I think I write for reluctant readers. Of course I want everyone to enjoy my books, but if the kids in the back row who normally don’t pick up a book are engaged with what I’m writing, along with the kids who are big readers anyway, then I really feel like I’ve done my job.

This is why so many churches quench the motivation of people for ministry. In our shoes, Paul would say: Remember the grace God has showered on you—what does living out and enjoying that grace look like in this situation?

Deep down he enjoys having gone so far as to deserve being treated in such a way.

The debility to which Nature condemned women incontestably proves that her design is for man, who then more than ever enjoys his strength, to exercise it in all the violent forms that suit him best, by means of tortures, if he be so inclined, or worse.

Some of the most relaxing weekends I have ever enjoyed were those I spent quietly with a sense of all work to date completed, and an absorbing mystery.