A calamity that makes you turn to Allah is better for you then a blessing which makes you forget the remembrance of Allah

Don’t depend too much on anyone in this world because even your own shadow leaves you when you are in darkness.

If I remained silent and you remained silent, then who will teach the ignorant?

What really counts are good endings, not flawed beginnings.

Allah will support the just state even if it is led by unbelievers, but Allah will not support the oppressive state even if it is led by believers

The disease that knowledge brings is arrogance, and the disease that worship brings is showing off

Dhikr (remembrance of Allah) is to the heart as water is to a fish; see what happens to a fish when it is taken out of water

If you do good in secret, Allah will shower His good on you in public.

Allah guards the justice loving government, even if it is the government of non-Muslims, and destroys the tyrant government, even if it is the government of Muslims.

When people help one another in sin and transgression, they finish by hating each other.

When someone offends me, I think it’s a gift from Allah (god). He (Allah) is teaching me humility.

Death isn't funny." "Then why are there so many jokes about death? Jill, with us — us humans — death is so sad that we must laugh at it.

Love is your greatest asset, fear is your greatest liability, and joy is your greatest reward.

Entrepreneurs are all unique. One way to build a business and turn it into a brand is to know who you are.

We deliberately used elements from Brazilian music and from African and Asian music. Now people can hear that but then it sounded so abstract, they couldn't hear it.

I like complicated characters.

The myth of fascist efficiency has deluded many people.

We worked for 11 years to get where we are today, and I want to take our work seriously so that later on I'll be able to appreciate the money we've made.

Into this universe, and why not knowing Nor whence, like water willy-nilly flowing; And out of it, as wind along the wate, I know not whither, willy-nilly blowing.

Look, Hollywood's a mecca, but it's not the final answer. You pick up a camera anyplace in the world, you can make a movie.

Everybody is so talented nowadays that the only people I care to honor as deserving real distinction are those who remain in obscurity.