But I comforted myself with the thought that the reward for every discomfort I suffered for God was a spiritual blessing.

God does not expect of us what we cannot do, but He does expect what we can do.

God was inviting me to go on Hajj, but before that I needed to settle my debts. Muslims may only embark on their pilgrimage if they are debt-free or at least have made an arrangement for repayment.

Among the lessons I learned on Hajj was that I needed to be mindful and keep the inner connection with God at all times and that self-improvement is definitely a never-ending struggle.

You may have lost someone, but you’ve found something immeasurably more valuable: God, ’ she told me. ‘And God’s love lasts forever.

Satire's nature is to be one-sided, contemptuous of ambiguity, and so unfairly selective as to find in the purity of ridicule an inarguable moral truth.

Faith removes fear from your mind by adding courage to your heart.

... one fire burns out another’s burning.One pain is lessened by another’s anguish. -Romeo & Juliet

Halloween festivities included an epic scavenger hunt & lots of Looney Tunes.

Every once a week, I get up and feel that I cannot act any more. I just get very unsure of myself. But, once I give my first shot, I'm back on track. Insecurity isn't bad, it makes me work harder.

So from an actor's perspective, you really have no idea how you're acting.

We think we should have to work in order to feel. We want to have our cake resist us; and then we want to eat it, too.

The forests of Russia and Brazil are the lungs of the Earth.

I was in a military family, so by the time I was 13 I'd lived in six different places.

It 's no fish ye 're buying, it 's men's lives.