His success may be great, but be it ever so great the wheel of fortune may turn again and bring him down into the dust.

Happiness comes when your work and words are of benefit to others.

Peace comes from within.  Do not seek it without.

Better than a thousand hollow words is one word that brings peace.

If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading

Tune as the sitthar, neither high nor low, and we will dance away the hearts of men.

Know well what leads you forward and what holds you back, and choose the path that leads to wisdom.

Your mind is a powerful thing. When you filter it with positive thoughts, your life will start to change.

Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle. Happiness never decreases by being shared.

The way to happiness is: keep your heart free from hate, your mind from worry. Live simply, give much. Fill your life with love. Do as you would be done by.

Since everything is a reflection of our minds, everything can be changed by our minds.

The beauty of truth is that it need not be proclaimed or believed. It skips from soul to soul, changing form each time it touches, but it is what it is, I have seen it, and someday you will, too.

The height of your storm determines the height of your rainbow.

There comes a time when a man must stand up and do what he knows is Wrong.

Only through sheer ambition did I end up playing on [Bob Dylan sessions] and the fact that I could do that is a testament to how disorganized it really was.

For me, the measure of a poem is the word, not the line.

One way or another, a life without conscience is a failed life.

Decisions should be based on facts, objectively considered.

The more knowledge (of deen) you have the more humble you should be. Instead you are becoming judgemental.

Astronomers ought to be able to ask fundamental questions without accelerators

I do not use the language of my people. I can take liberties with certain themes which the Arabic language would not allow me to take.