Arrogance is despised by God because no one has the right to feel superior to another when all are equally dependent on Him for everything.

No human is perfect; we all have our hidden sins. Hypocrisy is to delude yourself into denying your own sins and allow arrogance to grow within you.

Neither happiness nor grief are everlasting in this life - but one of the two is everlasting in the next. Which one do you want?

Superficial knowledge breeds arrogance; true knowledge induces humility.

The sweetness of this life is found in remembering Allah; the sweetness of the next life will be found in seeing Him.

No one who appreciates the shortness of this life and the eternality of the next can ever say, 'I'm bored'

Sincerity causes the smallest of good deeds to become the largest.

All too often people concentrate on finding the right spouse, little realizing that half of any marriage is being the right spouse.

Strive for the Hereafter according to how long you shall remain there, and strive for this world according to how long you shall remain here.

One of the bitterest ironies of life is that one truly appreciates a blessing only after having been deprived of it or imagining that.

Learn from the mistakes of others, and avoid being one whose mistakes are used as lessons by others.

We all have the potential to be great and the seed of greatness

Every day the men around me came to exercise their bodies

Whatever you may be sure of be sure of this - that you are dreadfully like other people.

The voice of nature is always encouraging.

When I was a little girl, rocking my little dolls, I remember thinking I would be the world's best mom, and so far I've done it.

I have to talk about my movies. I have to give interviews to promote what I'm doing. But no one really knows my personal life. And if you don't have a personal life I feel bad for you.

A reader should encounter themselves in a novel, I think.

Joy Is for the simple or the great to feel, Neither of which we are.

The witches, the wise women, and the healers were also always the counselors. It's a whole other tradition of knowledge and learning that has been suppressed because it had political implications.