There's nothing heroic about suicide bombers. They're mostly just dumb, brainwashed kids, stoned out of their minds.
Grace is inviting to the unrighteous and threatening to the self-righteous
Good people don't go to heaven. Forgiven people go to heaven.
God often showcases his power on the stage of human weakness.
Everything now will prepare you for the next step. Don't run from adversity; lean into it with all your heart and God will make you a leader worth following.
Actions don't only speak louder than words; actions should be used to interpret words.
The Church must stop expecting outsiders to act like insiders while insiders act like outsiders.
In the end, we decide if we're remembered for what happened to us or for what we did with it.
To hold the same views at forty as we held at twenty is to have been stupefied for a score of years, and take rank, not as a prophet, but as an unteachable brat, well birched and none the wiser. It is as if a ship captain should sail to India from the Port of London; and having brought a chart of the Thames on deck at his first setting out, should obstinately use no other for the whole voyage.
He who practices Tasawwuf without learning Sacred Law corrupts his faith, while he who learns Sacred Law without practicing Tasawwuf corrupts himself. Only he who combines the two proves true.
Every new thing you make will be (should be) the nicest thing you’ve made so far, because you’re learning and getting better with each and every new project.