Saying of the ProphetFoodNobody has eaten better food than that won by his own labour.

There is a Persian proverb: 'To test that which has been tested is ignorance.' To try to test something without the means of testing is even worse.

Better to be safe than to be sorry' is a remark of value only when these are the actual alternatives.

Haste is from the Devil.

Any society which enjoins its members to adhere to both of these (politeness and truth) is a fraud.

Three ThingsThree things cannot be retrieved:The arrow once sped from the bowThe word spoken in hasteThe missed opportunity.(Ali the Lion, Caliph of Islam, son-in-law of Mohammed the Prophet),

Definitions from Mulla Do-PiazaFlattery:One of the most promising of businesses: always brisk.

Definitions from Mulla Do-Piaza.Poverty: The result of marriage.

Definitions from Mulla Do-PiazaEmotionalist:A man or woman who thinks he has experienced the divine.

You call me an unbeliever. I shall therefore call you a True Believer since a lie is best met with one of similar magnitude.

Definitions from Mulla Do-PiazaIntellectual: One who knows no craft.

What's that?" he asked, when I stood beside him again."Halos, " I said with a grin. "For heavenly creatures like us.""That might be a stretch.

It's an objective fact that I am a double amputee, but it's very subjective opinion as to whether that makes me disabled.

Christ never intended to cover up the dark side of life, but rather to illuminate a path through it.

The days of my youth I remember as nearly always in need of explanation, and not as much fun as advertised in the promotions for board games and breakfast cereal.

One of the biggest and most common mistakes a woman makes is to substitute activity for God for a relationship with Him.

I never ever thought that I would be in a Bond film, ever, which is weird because I grew up loving these amazing movies.

The community which has neither poverty nor riches will always have the noblest principles.

Writing is a little door. Some fantasies, like big pieces of furniture, won’t come through.

I profoundly feel that people are letting you down all the time.

How long it takes to write a book depends on its length.