If a heart becomes attached to anything other than Allah, Allah makes him dependent on what he is attached to. And he will be betrayed by it.

This wordly life is like a shadow. If you try to catch it, you will never be able to do so. If you turn your back towards it, it has no choice but to follow you.

A person’s tongue can give you the taste of his heart.

When Allah tests you it is never to destroy you. When He removes something in your possession it is only in order to empty your hands for an even greater gift.

Happiness is attained by three things: being patient when tested, being thankful when receiving a blessing, and being repentant upon sinning.

Women are one half of society which gives birth to the other half so it is as if they are the entire society.

A real man is one who fears the death of his heart, not of his body.

Be sincere in your aim and you will find the support of Allaah surrounding you.

As long as you are performing prayer, you are knocking at the door of Allah, and whoever is knocking at the door of Allah, Allah will open it for him.

If you knew the true value of yourself, you will never allow yourself to be humiliated by committing sins.

Patience is that the heart does not feel anger towards that which is destined and that the mouth does not complain.

Freedom is to live with dignity

Peace is not something you wish for, it is something you make, something you are, something you do, and something you give away.

Politics is but the common pulsebeat of which revolution is the feverspasm.

I can easily do without people (there are days when I could easily do without myself), and ... in the country of books where I dwell, the dead can count entirely as much as the living.

Love is a broken vase whose shape everyone remembers differently.

I know people go on about Twitter, but it is amazing. It's whatever you want it to be, and all the women got in there before the boys.

The end does not justify the means. If we try to be someone we are not in order to achieve a result, then the result cannot help but be something other than what we intended.

You realize that we only have so much time, and whatever you want to do in life, you need to do it now. There's no time to wait.

I don't think you should go into politics until you can stand on your own two feet economically, if possible, and you know enough about the world.

What do batteries run on?