Indeed there are many competent people who are plagued by a sense of inefficacy, and many less competent ones who remain unperturbed by impending threats because they are self-assured of their coping capabilities
Hold yourselves accountable before you are held accountable.
Sometimes the people with the worst past, create the best future
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.
I looked at all friends, and did not find a better friend than safeguarding the tongue. I thought about all dresses, but did not find a better dress than piety. I thought about all types of wealth, but did not find a better wealth than contentment in little. I thought of all types of good deeds, but did not find a better deed than offering good advice. I looked at all types of sustenance, but did not find a better sustenance than patience.
To speak less is wisdom, to eat less is healthy, and to mingle less with te people is safe and serene.
No amount of worrying can change the future. Go easy on yourself, for the outcome of all affairs is determined by God's decree. If something is meant to go elsewhere, it will never come your way, but if it is yours by destiny, from you it cannot flee.
One of my big goals as a human being is to continue to write what's really happening to me, even if it's a tough pill to swallow for people around me. . . . I do fear that if I ever were to have someone in my life who mattered, I would second-guess every one of my lyrics.
At the center of everything we call 'the arts,' and children call 'play,' is something which seems somehow alive.
I don't mean what other people mean when they speak of a home, because I don't regard a home as a. . . well, as a place, a building. . . a house. . . of wood, bricks, stone. I think of a home as being a thing that two people have between them in which each can. . . well, nest.
I didn’t know that painters and writers retired. They’re like soldiers – they just fade away.