The Prophet (SAW) said: 'Knowledge is only gained through learning and clemency is only gained through perseverance.

For each door of sadness that opens, there are a thousand means of shutting it...

Do not earn wealth and lose people, for earning people is a way of earning wealth.

Instead of cursing the darkness, try to fix the lamp.

The hero is the one who goes beyond his ability to improve his skills, until he becomes able to improve, and perhaps even alter, the skills of others.

Peace, though beloved of our Lord, is a cardinal virtue only if your neighbors share your conscience.

I hope that women everywhere will wear this jewelry and feel the passion and love that is, to me, the real spirit of True Harmony.

Life is very sweet to me, and there is no position of power or wealth that could tempt me from the throne God has given me.

Always, my mother said, "Be yourself." That is sometimes the hardest thing to do. I try to always remember that and come back to that and have strength in who you are. There is only one you.

Data, data everywhere, but not a thought to think.

You don't have to be rich to be generous. You have to be generous to be generous.

It takes me a long time to understand my work myself, so I name them in the order that they're created.

There's the chart -- and there's the heart. And it's great when they both line up. But you better follow your heart, 'cause that's where it's at.

Where no paths exist, a man strays only when he misses his destination. There is no crime, no transgression, no sin save foolishness or incompetence, and no obscenity save the tyranny of custom.

You can never tell you the mountain will allow and who it will not.