Though someday we may become as eloquent as Sahban, but we might also miss the essence of the Forgiving One.

A wise man among the ignorant is as a beautiful girl in the company of blind men.

Have patience. All things are difficult before they become easy.

Whatever makes an impression on the heart seems lovely in the eye.

I fear God the most, but after Him, I fear those who don't fear Him.

You who feel no pain at the suffering of others It is not fitting for you to be called human.

When the belly is empty, the body becomes spirit; and when it is full, the spirit becomes body.

It's no virtue to gain the whole world. Just gain the heart of one person.

If a gem falls into mud it is still valuable. If dust ascends to heaven, it remains valueless.

The best loved by God are those that are rich, yet have the humility of the poor, and those that are poor and have the magnanimity of the rich.

Whoever acquires knowledge but does not practice it is as one who ploughs but does not sow.

I can hear the roar of women's silence.

Aim for brevity while avoiding jargon.

If your boss asks you why you're comin' in late, you say it's 'cause you stayed late.

I'm glad I stayed in school four years. It matured me as a man and as a basketball player.

People are Gods masterpieces, created for the purposes that God has already mapped out.

The arts, it has been said, cannot change the world, but they may change human beings who might change the world.

I'd had my share of rain. My mother's illness ... had weighed on me, but the years before had been heavy, too. I was only twenty eight.

Once a bureau is created, its staff becomes a tenacious political interest group, well placed to defend its budget and to make a case for expanding its activities.

Granddad was superstitious about books. He thought that if you had enough of them around, education leaked out, like radioactivity.

I am one of those people who isn’t great at anything, but I’m pretty good at most things.