Does money upset the hearts of learned men? He answered, "men whose hearts are changed by money are not learned"

To get what you love, you must first be patient with what you hate.

Do not allow your heart to take pleasure with the praises of people, nor be saddened by their condemnation.

Desires make slaves out of kings and patience makes kings out of slaves.

Knowledge without action is wastefulness and action without knowledge is foolishness.

Offen love between two people intensifies not because of beauty or some advantage, but because of sheer spiritual affinity.

Dear friend, Your heart is a polished mirror. You must wipe it dean of the veil of dust that has gathered upon it, because it is destined to reflect the light of divine secrets.

Those who look for seashells will find seashells; those who open them will find pearls.

Never have I dealt with anything more difficult than my own soul, which sometimes helps me and sometimes opposes me.

Half of disbelief in Allah in the world is caused by people who make religion look ugly due to their bad conduct and ignorance

The way to paradise is an uphill climb whereas hell is downhill. Hence, there is a struggle to get to paradise and not to hell.

Religion must remain an outlet for people who say to themselves, 'I am not the kind of person I want to be.' It must never sink into an assemblage of the self-satisfied.

My mother was tickled and I think kind of proud when my father got hit on my an attractive middle-aged Asian lady who hadn't noticed he was with his family. He was certainly pleased about it.

One comforting thing about the Trump White House is that you aren't forced to choose between malice and incompetence.

The weakest of all weak things is a virtue which has not been tested in the fire.

I knew I wanted to be some kind of artist from about 12. I met a neighbour who drew cartoons, and I had an idea I wanted to be a cartoonist - or something that involved Indian ink, at any rate.

I hear that melting pot stuff a lot, and all I can say is that we haven't melted.

It's not common for a woman on television, especially if she's the mom of the family, to be funny. She's usually a straight man or foil.

A society which abandons children and the elderly severs its roots and darkens its future.

Lord of the Rings made me realize that I'm not interested in doing anyone else's work.