Sins slowly suffocate the heart, and abandoning sins brings life to the heart.

I spent thirty years learning manners, and I spent twenty years learning knowledge.

Perhaps a great deed is belittled by an intention. And perhaps a small deed, by sincere intention, is made great

How often it is that a small action becomes great by its intention. And how often it is that a great action becomes small by its intention.

I love the saliheen (pious people) even though I’m not one of them, and I hate the taliheen (evil people) even though I (may be) worse than them.

The beginning of knowledge is the intention, then listening, then understanding, then action, then preservation, and then spreading it.

O man! Prepare yourself for the Hereafter, obey Allah to the extent of your need for Him and anger Him to the extent of your patience in Hell.

We are a people in more need of a little character than we are in need of an abundance of knowledge.

If you intend to speak a vain word, replace it with a tasbih.

If i were to backbite against anyone, it would be about my parents for they have more right to my good deeds

I studied adab for thirty years and I studied knowledge for twenty years.

Open your eyes to the nature- purify your mind and soul

And now too late, we see these things are one: The art is sacrifice and self-control And who loves beauty must be stern of soul.

Do I need to apologize for Mr.[Tom] Coburn's statements? Because I certainly don't agree with those, either.

When millions of people stand up and fight...they win.

I never wanted to write a book, and people have asked me for years to do it.

When you make something, cleaning it out of structural debris is one of the most vital things you do.

Weak minds sink under prosperity as well as adversity; but strong and deep ones have two high tides.

There was probably something as a child I wanted to express, something unsaid that I needed to share.

It's a choice, Annabel. And if you make the wrong one, you have only yourself to blame when there are consequences.

Some people find fault like there is a reward for it