We never envy another's achievement more than when we know very little about how it was attained.

On account of its scale and complexity, the world will always outstrip the capacity of any single body to ask fertile questions of it.

If we were entirely sane, if madness did not have a serious grip on one side of us, other people's tragedies would hold a great deal less interest for us.

To grow interested in any piece of information, we need somewhere to 'put' it, which means some way of connecting it to an issue we already now how to care about.

What we colloquially call 'feeling bored' is just the mind, acting out of a self-preserving reflex, ejecting information it has despaired of knowing where to place.

That’s what I’m trying, sir… getting my life.

Never ruin an apology with an excuse.

The warmth of our bodies began to melt my frozen heart bit by bit.

Since defeat in the Struggle must always be envisaged, the preparation of one's own successors is as important as what one does for victory.

Only man among living things says prayers. Or needs to.

The only way to write a great book is to write it with the eyes of a child who sees things for the first time.

Love can move the Sun and the stars.

So I'm just waiting until one party or the other actually gets a moral compass and a backbone.

The moment I think about past letdowns or future hypotheticals, I mentally put myself on shaky ground. If I clear my mind of chatter, I can succeed, just like I did in 2006.

In a nation where the disbelievers sought Heaven from the idols, the Messenger of Allah [Prophet Muhammad] taught them that Heaven can be found through a simple smile.