No matter how fast light travels, light will always find darkness, waiting.

There is a principle which is a bar against all information, which cannot fail to keep a man in everlasting ignorance-that principle is contempt prior to investigation.

God does watch over us and does notice us, but it usually through someone else that he meets our needs.

The great aim of education is not knowledge but action.

Humility is royalty without a crown.

The wise man must remember that while he is a descendant of the past, he is a parent of the future.

The society exists for the benefit of its members; not its members for the benefit of the society.

No amount of rationalizing can change God's laws. No amount of fashion designing can turn immodesty into virtue, and no amount of popularity can change sin into righteousness.

No one can be perfectly free till all are free; no one can be perfectly moral till all are moral; no one can be perfectly happy till all are happy.

Do it. Do it right. Do it right now.

Integrity is telling myself the truth. And honesty is telling the truth to other people.

Each daily task, is but the future in a mask.

After every voyage, we bring with us renewed mind, refreshed soul and new viewpoints on life.

I resisted writing a book for a long time because I didn't want to invade anyone else's privacy or hurt anyone or anger anyone.

The old gods will bring about vengeance not so much because they exist but because I once honored them.

I am a very pragmatic person.

You cannot expect your children to be happy eating esoteric beige-colored foods when their friends get soda pop, Snickers, and Twinkies.

If you don't know by now, you're never going to know.

The Prophet Muhammad (s) said: "It is better for a leader to make a mistake in forgiving than to make a mistake in punishing."

When I am presented with good work, I accept it. Wherever it is.

Power takes as ingratitude the writhing of its victims