I never climbed any ladder: I have achieved eminence by sheer gravitation.

Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.

Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds, cannot change anything.

Two things define you: Your patience when you have nothing and your attitude when you have everything.

Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance.

We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.

I learned long ago, never to wrestle with a pig. You get dirty, and besides, the pig likes it.

People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it.

A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.

Write your Sad times in Sand, Write your Good times in Stone.

Islam is the best religion and Muslims are the worst followers

Of all the things I wish for her, above all, I want her to know and love the sea.

Only fools neglect the living God – the Human Self, while running after imaginary shadows.

What a broad world to roam in, what a sea to swim in is this God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Your body is the church where Nature asks to be reverenced.

Everyone's been on a ramen noodle diet once or twice.

When I write, it is always the melody that comes first, and it just happens to be the case that the most beautiful tunes are sad, and the lyrics follow the mood of the melody.

If at the end of your first ten or fifteen years of fighting and working and feeling, you find you've written one line of one poem, you'll be very lucky indeed.

Don't be creative when you should be mechanical, and don't be mechanical when you should be creative.

The fight against poverty and hunger must be fought constantly and on many fronts, especially in its causes.

The mind is but the subtle part of the body. You must retain great strength in your mind and words.