If Allah has written for you happiness, no one can steal that from you, and if He has written for your heart to break, then no-one can mend it but He, so always put your trust in Allah.

Contentment empties the heart of all superfluous carriage, thus leaving it entirely for Allah.

Determination is the fuel that propels one to higher virtues.

Your malice and your striving to seek revenge are much more harmful to your health than they are to your antagonist.

Mankind needs new law to embrace new science.

Is it love, or is it attachment? Do you want to love her, or do you want to control her?

Freedom is never dear at any price. It is the breath of life. What would a man not pay for living?

I went to high school in the 1970s and was a real daydreamer and not the best student.

Love is the basis of our friendship as it is of religion.

She closes the door completely, and I crouch there. I allow myself to fall forward and rest my head on the door frame. My breath bleeds. My heartbeat drowns my ears.

When anyone lacks self-awareness and doesn't recognize their transparencies, it's always funny.

Kate had never been married, so she had no way of knowing if I was a normal husband. This has been good for our marriage.

A lot of people recognize me or feel that they know me. A lot of times when I speak, they recognize my voice. It's fun, it's exciting. It's always good feedback.

To be as good as our fathers, we must be better. Imitation is not discipleship. When some one sent a cracked plate to China to have a set made, every piece in the new set had a crack in it.