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

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.

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

The world encyclopedia, the universal library, exists, and it is the world itself.

Endeavour to appreciate life while you experience it, for some will never experience life again, because they are six feet inside the grave.

It is a mistake for a sculptor or a painter to speak or write very often about his job. It releases tension needed for his work.

If you love your community, then you need to be insisting on justice in all circumstances.

The dust's for crawling, heaven's for flying, Wherefore, O Soul, whose wings are grown, Soar upward to the sun!

The simple equations that generate the convoluted Mandelbrot fractal have been called the wittiest remarks ever made.

I think people's soul - I think you can kind of see it - there's what they say and there's what they do.

First, a man is created in his own image, and only afterwards in the image of God.

If I have a talent, it's already been exploited! I've shown everything I can do to the public.

Yes, I’m proud to be indigenous. I’m half-Quechua-Huachipaeri from Peru.