“It is safer to be silent than to reveal one’s secret to any one, and telling him not to mention it.”

God gives sleep to the bad, in order that the good may be undisturbed.

Publish not men’s secret faults, for by disgracing them you make yourself of no repute.

The heart is like a musical instrument of many strings, all the chords of which require putting in harmony.

The world is not a courtroom There is no judge no jury no plaintiff. This is a caravan filled with eccentric beings telling wondrous stories about God.

Forgiveness is commendable, but apply not ointment to the wound of an oppressor.

He who is intoxicated with wine will be sober again in the course of the night, but he who is intoxicated by the cupbearer will not recover his senses until the day of judgement.

Nothing is so good for an ignorant man as silence; and if he was sensible of this he would not be ignorant.

However much you are read in theory, if thou hast no practice thou art ignorant.

When thou seest thine enemy in trouble, curl not thy whiskers in contempt; for in every bone there is marrow, and within every jacket there is a man.

Oh God, I say not hear my prayers! I say: Blot with forgiving pen my sins away!

Oh God, I say not hear my prayers! I say: Blot with forgiving pen my sins away!

Oh God, I say not hear my prayers! I say: Blot with forgiving pen my sins away!

Whatever is produced in haste goes hastily to waste.

The remedy against want is to moderate your desires.

Take care how you listen to the voice of the flatterer, who, in return for his little stock, expects to derive from you considerable advantage. If one day you do not comply with his wishes, be imputes to you two hundred defects instead of perfections.

A man is insensible to the relish of prosperity until he has tasted adversity.

Deliberation is the work of many men. Action, of one alone.

Of all the stars in the universe I only ever loved you, the one who also loved me.

While adding the finishing touches to a painting might appear insignificant, it is much harder to do than one might suppose.

Sir one more comment like that and I will strangle you with my microphone wire!

One stops being a child when one realizes that telling one’s trouble does not make it any better.

The one thing that the racist can never manage is anything like discrimination: he is indiscriminate by definition.

The mocker will not have the last laugh. You see, dancing on the grave of an extinguished Christianity is farcical at best. Because the grave is empty. And the one who knows the way out of the grave sits in the heavens and laughs.

When Allah puts barakah (His blessings) in something, it will come beyond your expectations- never underestimate the power of one good deed.