If i were to backbite against anyone, it would be about my parents for they have more right to my good deeds

I spent thirty years learning manners, and I spent twenty years learning knowledge.

Perhaps a great deed is belittled by an intention. And perhaps a small deed, by sincere intention, is made great

How often it is that a small action becomes great by its intention. And how often it is that a great action becomes small by its intention.

I love the saliheen (pious people) even though I’m not one of them, and I hate the taliheen (evil people) even though I (may be) worse than them.

The beginning of knowledge is the intention, then listening, then understanding, then action, then preservation, and then spreading it.

O man! Prepare yourself for the Hereafter, obey Allah to the extent of your need for Him and anger Him to the extent of your patience in Hell.

Sins slowly suffocate the heart, and abandoning sins brings life to the heart.

We are a people in more need of a little character than we are in need of an abundance of knowledge.

If you intend to speak a vain word, replace it with a tasbih.

I studied adab for thirty years and I studied knowledge for twenty years.

I don't believe there is a God", I said fiercely, "and if there is, He's not the merciful being He's always depicted, or He wouldn't be always torturing me for His own amusement.

Every day is a training day and every event is a training event.

Amor verus numquam moritur: True love never dies

I wish with all my heart that you may be the most lovable prince in the world, and I bestow my gift on you as much as I am able.

Five years ago, we thought of the Web as a new medium, not a new economy.

If a photographer cares about the people before the lens and is compassionate, much is given. It is the photographer, not the camera, that is the instrument.

The civil servant is primarily the master of the short-term solution.

Art is a shadow of Divine perfection.

Not until we take God seriously will we ever take sin seriously.

Transform jealousy to admiration, and what you admire will become part of your life.