No human is perfect; we all have our hidden sins. Hypocrisy is to delude yourself into denying your own sins and allow arrogance to grow within you.

Neither happiness nor grief are everlasting in this life - but one of the two is everlasting in the next. Which one do you want?

Superficial knowledge breeds arrogance; true knowledge induces humility.

The sweetness of this life is found in remembering Allah; the sweetness of the next life will be found in seeing Him.

No one who appreciates the shortness of this life and the eternality of the next can ever say, 'I'm bored'

Sincerity causes the smallest of good deeds to become the largest.

Arrogance is despised by God because no one has the right to feel superior to another when all are equally dependent on Him for everything.

All too often people concentrate on finding the right spouse, little realizing that half of any marriage is being the right spouse.

Strive for the Hereafter according to how long you shall remain there, and strive for this world according to how long you shall remain here.

One of the bitterest ironies of life is that one truly appreciates a blessing only after having been deprived of it or imagining that.

Learn from the mistakes of others, and avoid being one whose mistakes are used as lessons by others.

That without experimentation, a willingness to ask questions and try new things, we shall surely become static, repetitive, moribund.

Bring all your power out my friend, and throw away such Gods, such doctrines, such institutions, that impede in the path of human progress.

I always say, the time you spend with your dog makes the difference in a great dog or a crate dog.

A University should be a place of light, of liberty, and of learning.

When history looks back, it will prove what I'll die knowing.

I believe that when people say something is impossible, it's only impossible because a strategy has not been found yet.

oh mothers you will have made the little tykes so happy because if nobody does pick them up in the movies they won't know the difference and if somebody does it'll be sheer gravy

Publishing in a way doesn't have a lot to do with writing, and writing doesn't have a lot to do with publishing.

When I am drunk I am at my best. It is the national knack of the French.

Our life must have an aim, but we must also ensure that the direction we take is a good one.