There are books... which rank in our life with parents and lovers and passionate experiences.

Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.

Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.

A man's growth is seen in the successive choirs of his friends.

When a man is pushed, tormented, defeated, he has a chance to learn something.

Beauty without expression tires.

Nature always wears the colors of the spirit.

Life Is a Journey, Not a Destination.

Every sunset brings the promise of a new dawn

To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.

The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.

Love can rebuild the world, they say, so everything's possible when it comes to love.

Time is life.Take time to plan your life.

The reading of a fine book is an uninterrupted dialogue in which the book speaks and our soul replies.

My real name's Rakim - my parents named me after the god MC himself.

You were in a mood to quarrel. Please inform me once the inclination passes.

One could not always put safety up front as the prime goal. Do that, and who would ever achieve anything of note?

I sometimes hear people say women don't want to direct studio films, but I do. I want to direct big films, little films, TV. I want to do it all.

Never let a domestic quarrel ruin a day's writing. If you can't start the day fresh, get rid of your wife.

My son ask for thyself another Kingdom, for that which I leave is too small for thee

Great men are more distinguished by range and extent than by originality.