The essence of true nobility is neglect of self. Let the thought of self pass in, and the beauty of a great action is gone, like the bloom from a soiled flower.

Wild animals never kill for sport. Man is the only one to whom the torture and death of his fellow creatures is amusing in itself.

You cannot dream yourself into a character; you must hammer and forge yourself one.

We enter the world alone, we leave it alone.

The essence of greatness is neglect of the self.

As we advance in life, we learn the limits of our abilities.

Carelessness is inexcusable, and merits the inevitable sequence.

Instruction does not prevent wasted time or mistakes; and mistakes themselves are often the best teachers of all.

The practical effect of a belief is the real test of its soundness.

Experience teaches slowly, and at the cost of mistakes.

The better one is morally the less aware they are of their virtue.

There are a lot of people like me, people who need books the way they need air.

To know how to put what knowledge in which place is wisdom (hikmah). Otherwise, knowledge without order and seeking it without discipline does lead to confusion and hence to injustice to one's self.

Stand somewhere on the character of God, and you will see the impossibles becoming possibles

What if God's a woman? Not only am I going to hell, I'll never know why!

Of course, we also have the responsibility to win games and the difficulty in the job is to combine both.

Those who are firm, enduring, simple and unpretentious are the nearest to virtue.

I always considered myself the world's worst actress.

Let us pray for peace: peace in the world and in each of our hearts.

The things which belong to others please us more, and that which is ours, is more pleasing to others

The older theory was, marry an older man because they're more mature. But the new theory is men don't mature. Marry a younger one.