Beware of preoccupying your heart with what it has not been created for.

If a heart becomes attached to anything other than Allah, Allah makes him dependent on what he is attached to. And he will be betrayed by it.

This wordly life is like a shadow. If you try to catch it, you will never be able to do so. If you turn your back towards it, it has no choice but to follow you.

A person’s tongue can give you the taste of his heart.

When Allah tests you it is never to destroy you. When He removes something in your possession it is only in order to empty your hands for an even greater gift.

Happiness is attained by three things: being patient when tested, being thankful when receiving a blessing, and being repentant upon sinning.

Women are one half of society which gives birth to the other half so it is as if they are the entire society.

A real man is one who fears the death of his heart, not of his body.

Be sincere in your aim and you will find the support of Allaah surrounding you.

As long as you are performing prayer, you are knocking at the door of Allah, and whoever is knocking at the door of Allah, Allah will open it for him.

If you knew the true value of yourself, you will never allow yourself to be humiliated by committing sins.

No drowning man can know which dropOf water his last breath did stop

We all have forests on our minds. Forests unexplored, unending. Each one of us gets lost in the forest, every night, alone.

It saddens me to note that there will always be con artists and charlatans in the world. Men who aim to fool the public by clothing themselves in the robes of experts.

There's no such thing as soy milk. It's soy juice.

Stop and think a little: Are you the victim of the system?

I was this flat-chested, big-footed, lanky thing.

I would not change [my past work] anymore than I would airbrush a photo of myself.

I know that the creator will go, but his work survives. That is why to escape death, I attempt to bind my soul to my work.

On one side you have book burners, Congressional wives and Pat Robertson. On the other side, you have vulgar comedians, foul-mouthed rap groups and Dennis Hopper—all your choices should be so easy.

The ballot box is a most inadequate mechanism of change.