At the bottom of freshly dug holes, I bury my problems alongside the waxen seeds.

My emotions are invisible, untouchable—invincible even—and their power far outweighs my own. And so it seems unfair that for all the little I can do to them, they can do so much to me.

There is power in confronting your fears. In knowing what it is you fear above all, you can prevent it from becoming your reality. There are always choices.

This world owes us nothing. Existence is not indebted to us. Humanity lives under this misconception that we deserve life’s blessings, that we deserve happiness. But in truth, life owes us nothing

The stories books tell transcend those of the characters inked upon their pages. A book discloses far more about the person who reads it.

The worst prisons were not constructed of warped steel and stone. They were carved out of expectations and lies, judgment and corruption.

No force but love can impel one to step willingly into the shadows so that the other may shine.

There are many things in this life one can plan for, anticipate, control, manipulate, but love is not one of them.

So please, for the love of gender- go bloom. Or water someone else while they do.

If somebody is gracious enough to give me a second chance, I won't need a third.

To know the world, one must construct it

It's a beautiful sight to see good dancers doing simple steps. It's a painful sight to see beginners doing complicated patterns.

One alters the past to form the future but there is a real significance to the pattern which finally appears, which resists all further change.

Leadership is not just about what you do but what you can inspire, encourage and empower others to do.

The smartphone revolution is under-hyped, more people have access to phones than access to running water. We've never had anything like this before since the beginning of the planet.

First of all, the art of living; then as my ideal profession, poetry and philosophy, and as my real profession, plastic arts; in the last resort, for lack of income, illustrations.

You should be willing to bang your head against a wall until you find the solution.

Don't worry about what the people say. Sometimes they'll praise you. Sometimes they'll condemn you. All these things all fade away. And in the end, Allah takes care of everything. Perfectly.