Quitters don’t gain what they have started working on

It was like the beginning of life and laughter. It was the real meaning of the sun

XXIV. And kneeling at the edge of the transparent sea I shall shape for myself a new heart from salt and mud

There is an incredible amount of magic and feistiness in black men that nobody has been able to wipe out. But everybody has tried.

So when I had to make a decision whether I would like to do honors degree course in Islamic studies and Malay studies too, so I thought Islamic studies would be good.

The moment you get emotionally involved with your goal, it instantly and automatically begins to move into physical form.

The world is more alive at night; it's like God isn't looking.

The government will ... go on in the highly democratic method of conscripting American manhood for European slaughter.

The vulgar man is always the most distinguished, for the very desire to be distinguished is vulgar.

My life is a suitcase. I am the traveling Mexican.

The only time you really live fully is from thirty to sixty. The young are slaves to dreams; the old servants of regrets. Only the middle-aged have all their five senses in the keeping of their wits.