How strange! You seek guidance, yet you do not tread its path, surely a boat does not sail on land.

Knowledge is not what is memorised. Knowledge is what benefits.

Be hard on yourself, easy on others.

My sin burdened me heavily. But when I measured it against Your Grace, O Lord, Your forgiveness came out greater.

You say that you are just a body, but inside of you is something greater than the Universe.

Wealth remains behind on earth while ibadaah accompanies you into the grave.

To admonish your brother in private is to advise him and improve him. But to admonish him publicly is to disgrace and shame him.

To be able to thank Allah for a blessing is a blessing within itself.

I complained to Waki' about the weakness of my memorisation, So he instructed me to abandon disobedience; He informed me that knowledge is a light, And the light of Allah is not given to a sinner.

Only someone who is sincere recognizes what showing off is.

The loftiest in status are those who do not know their own status, and the most virtuous of them are those who do not know their own virtue.

I am not afraid of death, which after all can't be far away. What does frighten me, though, is the halfway stage.

To love God with all your heart, soul, mind, and strength is all-consuming and all-encompassing. It is no lukewarm endeavor.

There is possibility in every difficulty.

I want to be pure in heart -- but I like to wear my purple dress.

My mom has this great skiing event in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, every year for a local charity.

When I no longer thrill to the first snow of the season, I'll know I'm growing old.

I advocate for protecting the liberty of the net, and securing privacy. I argue against people who believe both are somehow given automatically. They're not.

For the Arabs in Israel there is always a tension between nationality and identity.

I think the whole concept of dating is deeply flawed, so maybe it's a good thing to be undateable. There's a difference between being unlovable and undateable.

[when asked about what he was most thankful about]: Being alive. After heart surgery, you dig that part. Breath, family and friends are just amazing. Just to have a second shot is pretty great!