Do to me, O Allah, what is worthy of Thee; And not what is worthy of me.

A wise man among the ignorant is as a beautiful girl in the company of blind men.

Have patience. All things are difficult before they become easy.

Whatever makes an impression on the heart seems lovely in the eye.

I fear God the most, but after Him, I fear those who don't fear Him.

You who feel no pain at the suffering of others It is not fitting for you to be called human.

When the belly is empty, the body becomes spirit; and when it is full, the spirit becomes body.

It's no virtue to gain the whole world. Just gain the heart of one person.

If a gem falls into mud it is still valuable. If dust ascends to heaven, it remains valueless.

The best loved by God are those that are rich, yet have the humility of the poor, and those that are poor and have the magnanimity of the rich.

Whoever acquires knowledge but does not practice it is as one who ploughs but does not sow.

One hears a great many things, true, but can gather nothing definite.

Intelligence is playing a more important role in policymaker decisions than I think I've ever seen in my time in Congress or before.

I honesty feel that each film has its own particular challenges.

Conquering the world on horseback is easy; it is dismounting and governing that is hard.

The cat would eat fish but would not get her feet wet.

I think there are several aspects of our marraige we're going to have to work on." "Babes," he told her. "You're dead." "That's one of those aspects, obviously.

People make a lot of effort not to remember, not to accept their immense magical potential.

The better it gets, the fewer of us know it.

The spirit of 1776 is not dead. It had only been slumbering. The body of the American people is substantially republican.

I've wanted to make movies for so long. I learned most of what I know from director commentaries and behind the scenes featurettes and criterions.