We see men who have accumulated great fortunes, but we often recognize only their triumph, overlooking the temporary defeats which they had to surmount before arriving.

A quitter never wins and a winner never quits.

A goal is a dream with a deadline.

Ideas are the beginning points of all fortunes.

Don't wait. The time will never be just right.

If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way.

Patience, persistence and perspiration make an unbeatable combination for success.

Fears are nothing more than a state of mind.

The number one reason people fail in life is because they listen to their friends, family, and neighbors.

Keep your mind fixed on what you want in life: not on what you don't want.

A positive mind finds a way it can be done; a negative mind looks for all the ways it can't be done.

Literature is the ditch I'm going to die in. It's still the thing I care most about.

What is GRACE? an individual, inspiring and virtuous impulse, that streams the spirit with life! An elegance and divinity of one's beauty!

Sufis are those who have expunged from their minds the human tendencies of envy and enmity.

The more you recover your authentic self, the more your destiny will unfold before your eyes. Just keep doing your inner work - that's the most essential thing.

Sometimes lost treasures can be reclaimed.

The great fault of logic is that it seems so reasonable, even when it is not.

Speech is the representation of the mind, and writing is the representation of speech.

Empathy is not merely the basic principle of artistic creation. It is also the only path by which one can reach the truth about life and society.

I'm too disorganized.

We will remain steady. We will pursue every avenue in the search for peace and stability.