Saying of the ProphetHelping othersI order you to assist any oppressed person, whether he is a Muslim or not.

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.

There are powerful forces undermining progress in Africa. But one must never underestimate the power of the people to bring about change.

The key to success is to do the next right thing right.

One may be drunk with love without being any nearer to finding his mate.

The simple man, baby, pays for the thrills, the bills, and the pills that kill.

What is stronger, fear or hope?

What 'jazz' means to me is the worst kind of working conditions, the worst in cultural prejudice. The term 'jazz' has come to mean the abuse and exploitation of black musicians.

Sunny days give us happiness; stormy days give us wisdom.

Really, he could have just punched me in the stomach, because my brain refused to comprehend the words he was saying. A physical assault, it might have understood.

Winning is an amazing feeling. You dont get that in business; you dont get that in many things.

My hair has become part of my identity; it's almost an appendage to me.