A wise man always has something to say, whereas a fool always needs to say something.

Do not let your difficulties fill you with anxiety, after all it is only in the darkest nights that stars shine more brightly.

He who trusts the world, the world betrays him.

Courtesy costs nothing, but buys everything.

Surely silence can sometimes be the most eloquent reply.

Dislike in yourself what you dislike in others.

Life consists of two days, one for you one against you. So when it's for you don't be proud or reckless, and when it's against you be patient, for both days are test for you.

A graceful refusal is better than a lengthy promise.

How strange is man that when he is afraid of something he runs away from it, but when he is afraid of Allah, he gets closer to Him.

Patience ensures victory.

Beware of speaking too much, for it increases mistakes and engenders boredom.

Emotions buzz through our beings like busy bees, giving us the gift of living vividly.

Don’t Live Life as if you are meant to exist, many people do so. Instead, choose to Live as if Life is a Celebration.

In all spheres of life, there are constraints. You have to develop your own strategy to overcome each constraint.

When you change what you believe, you change what you do... which changes what you get.

Killing yourself slowly is still killing yourself. Wanting to die is not the same as wanting to come home. Recovery is hard work. Not wanting to die is hard work.

Things never happen exactly how you think they will.

Your slightest look easily will unclose me, though I have closed myself as fingers, you open petal by petal myself a Spring opens her first rose.

If we would just slow down, happiness would catch up to us.

Don't let fear decide your future.

I enjoy going back and forth between plays and novels. It's like having a wife and a mistress. Books are the wife; plays, the mistress.