Don’t you think there’s a problem when we live in a society that considers a woman’s greatest accomplishment being pretty for a man?

Be grateful for every single person who was part of your story.The ones that hurt you. The ones that helped you. Because they all taught you.

You can search the world over, but you won’t find happiness until you realize that happiness isn’t getting what you want. It’s being content with what you already have.

Some feel lonely because they haven't found that perfect 'companion' yet. Sometimes Allah sends everyone else away so you can find that only in Him.

You cried when He took away your drop of water, not knowing He'd saved for you, the sea.

Holding on to hope when everything is dark, is the greatest test of faith

I know you feel worn and tired. I know you're tired of failing. Rest, but don't stop. You can do this. You got this. Not because you're strong, but because He's your strength.

Stop hating on yourself for not being perfect. If God wanted perfection, He would have made you an angel.

There's a special place in my heart for the ones who were with me at my lowest and still loved me when I wasn't very loveable.

When you suffer, don't speak. Look inside and listen for the duaa He inspires in you. and then ask Him. Again and again. Don't stop.

This life will never be without storms. Stop fearing the storm. Build your inner shelter.

I felt a Cleaving in my Mind—As if my Brain had split—I tried to match it—Seam by Seam—But could not make it fit.

I must have killed a lot of cows in a past life for Karma to hate me this much.

Poverty is everywhere, Zarish. People should have the courage to get out of the vicious circle of it.

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I felt the most intense pleasure in piercing the stone in order to make an abstract form and space quite a different sensation from that of doing it for the purpose of realism.

The habit of excellence can become enjoyably addictive.

The shock, the power of an ordinary life. It is a thing you could not invent with banks of computers in a dust-free room.

True success comes only when every generation continues to develop the next generation.

I didn't want to do anything my mother wanted me to do so surely I wasn't going to sing for her.

Sin doesn't make you bad, it makes you dead