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

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.

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

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.

The only real failure in life is not to be true to the best one knows.

Disinformation about the state of climate change science is extraordinarily if not criminally irresponsible.

I think pastors are the worst listeners. We're so used to speaking, teaching, giving answers. We must learn to be quiet, quit being so verbal, learn to pay attention to what's going on, and listen.

Valentines Day is the Super Bowl of relationships. If you're alone that night you didn't make the cut.

I like giving people something they don't want to miss the next time. It's a show with little twists and turns and curves. It has me being silly and stupid and compassionate and completely deep.

I grew up in Brooklyn.

The only way to overcome sadness is to consume it.

It is more difficult by far to be independent of our own inner shackles than it is of the shackles that others might place upon us.

I plan for the future, but the only day I really worry about is the day I'm living right now.

I myself am a builder and get totally excited about building Yahoo! as a brand and building it into a bigger and better company. That's what I intend to do.