By reason of his elegance, he resembles an image painted in a palace, though he is as majestic as the palace itself.

The other world is as to this like the east to the west. We cannot approach the one without turning away from the other.

The diurnal sun sets at night, but the sun of the heart never disappears.

Collect as precious pearls the words of the wise and virtuous.

It is with a word as with an arrow--once let it loose and it does not return.

Abu Sa'id al-Kharraz said I have never known Allah May He be exalted except through the coincidence in Him of the opposites. 'He is the First and the Last, the Apparent and the Hidden.'

Some men, like spaniels, will only fawn the more when repulsed, but will pay little heed to a friendly caress.

Death is a black camel, which kneels at the gates of all.

When God wanted to create the horse, he said to the South Wind, "I want to make a creature of you. Condense." And the Wind condensed.

O my people, I disavow all that you associate [with God]. I orient my face with an exclusive orientation towards Him, who created the heavens and the earth and I am not one of the associators.

The reality is that people reach for a Bible when they're feeling lost. But if they hadn't shelved it, maybe they wouldn't have gotten lost.

I am used to praying when I am alone thank God. But when I come together with other people when I need more than ever to pray I still cannot get used to it.

The markets want to force us to do certain things. That we won't do. Politicians have to make sure that we're unassailable, that we can make policy for the people.

The soldier's heart, the soldier's spirit, the soldier's soul, are everything.

My mother helped me identify myself the way the world would identify me. Bloodlines didn't matter as much as how I would be perceived.

My veins are filled, once a week with a Neapolitan carpet cleaner distilled from the Adriatic and I am as bald as an egg. However I still get around and am mean to cats.

We Irish are born dreamers; sometimes we never wake up at all, and then we're counted failures.

Everyone wants to be appreciated, so if you appreciate someone, don't keep it a secret.

The Patriot Act makes a mockery of the Sixth Amendment, which protects your right to a speedy and public trial, and your right to the assistance of counsel for your defense.

Crazy old people are our entire source of polling information.