Right and wrong were shades of meaning, not sides of a coin.
So long as you are in this world, be not surprised at the existence of sorrows.
My god how gentle you are with me in spite of my great ignorance and how merciful You are with me in spite of my ugly deeds
Nothing is difficult, if you seek it through your Lord; nothing is easy, if you seek it through your self.
The lights of some people precede their dhikr, while the dhikr of some people precede their lights. There is the one who does (loud) dhikr so that his heart be illumined; and there is the one whose heart has been illumined and he does (silent) dhikr.
If you make intense supplication and the timing of the answer is delayed, do not despair of it. His reply to you is guaranteed; but in the way He chooses, not the way you choose, and at the moment He desires, not the moment you desire.
If you do not know the blessings you have when you have them, then Allah will teach you about them by taking them away from you
As we begin the 21st century, the Hubble space telescope is providing us with information about as yet uncharted regions of the universe and the promise that we may learn something about the origin of the cosmos. This same spirit of adventure is also being directed to the most complex structure that exists in the universe - the human brain.
He looked like a Yanni fan at an Iron Maiden Concert.
Whenever government assumes to deliver us from the trouble of thinking for ourselves, the only consequences it produces are those of torpor and imbecility.
'Thank you' is the best prayer that anyone could say. I say that one a lot. Thank you expresses extreme gratitude, humility, understanding.