“Before you start some work, always ask yourself three questions – Why am I doing it, What the results might be and Will I be successful. Only when you think deeply and find satisfactory answers to these questions, go ahead.”

As long as your body is healthy and under control and death is distant, try to save your soul; when death is immanent what can you do?

One’s weakness should not ever be revealed.

When one is consumed by the sorrows of life, three things give him relief: offspring, a wife, and the company of the Lord’s devotees.

Don’t judge the future of a person based on his present conditions, because time has the power to change black coal to shiny diamond.

Time perfects men as well as destroys them.

Considersing the forebearance of a person, Do not harass him.

Our bodies are perishable, wealth is not at all permanent and death is always nearby. Therefore we must immediately engage in acts of merit.

The king shall lose no time when the opportunity waited for arrives.

A debt should be paid off till the last penny; An enemy should be destroyed without a trace.

A thing may be dreaded as long as it has not overtaken you.

Low class men desire wealth;middle class men both wealth and respect; but the noble, honour only; hence honour is the noble man’s true wealth.

Even if a snake is not poisonous, it should pretend to be venomous.

The biggest guru-mantra is: never share your secrets with anybody. It will destroy you.

Books are as useful to a stupid person as a mirror is useful to a blind person.

Knowledge is lost without putting it into practice; a man is lost due to ignorance; an army is lost without a commander; and a woman is lost without a husband.

The wise man should restrain his senses like the crane and accomplish his purpose with due knowledge of his place, time and ability.

As funny as some photos can be, think twice about allowing yourself to be tagged in questionable photos.

I will answer anything I can with honor, but not about others.

Why is there anything at all rather than nothing whatsoever?

One has no talent. I have no talent. It’s just a question of working, of being willing to put in the time.

I became very interested in the Islamic question, and thought I would try to understand it from the roots, ask very simple questions and somehow make a narrative of that discovery.

Reality is a question of perspective.

Once you have people around you who don’t question you, you’re in a dangerous place.

An experiment is a question which science poses to Nature and a measurement is the recording of Nature’s answer.