Set your strong intention, work hard, and pray, slowly but surely, what you strive for will come to be. This is God’s law.” -127

Uthlubul ilma walau bisshin, ” meaning, “Seek knowledge, even if it’s as far as China.” -17

knowledge is like nur, a ray of light. And light cannot come and be in a dark place. Because of that, clean your hearts and your minds, so that light can come, touch, and brighten your soul, ” -178

Uthlubul ilma minal mahdi ila lahdi. Seek knowledge from the cradle to the grave. -178

When you see disavowal, change it with your hands, if you can’t, change it with your words, and if you can’t as well, change it with your heart.” -131

The Prophet Muhammad said: Innallaha jamiil wahuwa yuhibbul jamal. Verily God is beautiful and loves beauty. -33

History is not nostalgic art, but history is ibrah, lessons, that we can pull to the present, to prepare for a better future, ” -105

Man thalabal ‘ula sahiral layali.” He who wants glory will work late into the night. -184

Stress is just for those who have not yet tried and trusted in God. -178

I visit you in my dreams and you talk to me in songs. Each sentence is a bridge taking me closer to the city that you are.

Atty’s eyes rested on Darby with all the subtlety of a dog watching his food bowl being filled!

Thus, flexibility, as displayed by water, is a sign of life. Rigidity, its opposite, is an indicator of death.

The best thing about wearing black is that you can hide pretty easily, unless you're in like Hawaii, then you can't hide.

I don't give the devil credit for creating nothing.

Art just consists in making us swallow the commonplaces by charming us eternally.

We'd achieve more if we chase the dream instead of the competition.

I want people to say when No. 9 was out on the field, he did everything humanly possible to win a ballgame.

Let the Seventy-forth Hunger Games begin, Cato, I think. Let them begin for real.