When you do not know of a thing say so plainly.

If Allah created you for this world, He would have created you without death.

Sometimes the people with the worst past, create the best future

Get used to a rough life, for luxury does not last forever.

I have never regretted my silence. As for my speech, I have regretted it over and over again.

Just like the moon is fully illuminated when facing the sun, so are believers who fully turn themselves to face the Prophet ﷺ

A true Muslim is like rain, wherever it falls, it will benefit.

To speak less is wisdom, to eat less is healthy, and to mingle less with te people is safe and serene.

Islam will be destroyed by the mistakes of scholars, the arguments of the hypocrites who misinterpret the Qur’an to support their views and misleading rulers.

Women are not a garment you wear and undress however you like. They are honored and have their rights.

A photographer is like a writer... you're writing with your lens so make sure you tell a good story.

Negativity is often looked upon [in the USA] as a kind of thought crime. Not since the advent of socialist realism has the world witnessed such pathological upbeatness.

It seemed like, in the early '80s, there was just a moment where there was suddenly no specific notion of what a rock band could be or what a song could be.

Don't say yes to everything. Learn how to say no, because people respect a no.

I took a lot of writing courses.

As we meditate regularly, we let go of the conditioned beliefs and accumulated physical and mental toxicity that cloud our perception of our essential, unbounded nature.

Where mystery begins religion ends.

Surrounded by stories surreal and sublime, I fell in Love in the Library once upon a time.

Nervous and excitable persons need to talk a great deal, by way of letting off their steam.

I was able to interpret the difference between the sharp, quick sound and the slow, deep sound of percussion and manipulate it, get a third sound out of things, if the beats were rapid enough.

The essence of government is force, and most often that force is used to accomplish evil ends.