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

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.

When Allah inspires your tongue to ask, know that He wants to give

When He gives, He shows you His Kindness; when He deprives, He shows you His power. And in all that, He is making Himself known to you and coming to you with His gentleness.

When the invocation descends into the heart, if there is darkness within, it illuminates it; and if there is already light, the invocation increases the light and intensifies it.

People praise you for what they suppose is in you; but you must blame your soul for what you know is in it.

The most beloved manifestation of obedience to God is trust in Him

A sign of the death of the heart: lack of sadness about beneficial actions you have missed, and lack of regret about your mistakes.

The realization of 'La ilaha illa Allah' is one of the states of the heart that can be neither expressed by the tongue nor thought out by the mind.

So long as you are in this world, be not surprised at the existence of sorrows.

Thanks to the Interstate Highway System, it is now possible to travel across the country from coast to coast without seeing anything.

Speakers are not supposed to waste time on platitudes, but the capacity of this generation for ignoring the obvious and concentrating on the negative and the obscure is immense.

If you know you are going to fail, then fail gloriously.

All growth is a leap in the dark.

We see things based on autopilot. Our mind identifies something in a certain way, no matter what the eye sees. The eye tells you one thing and the brain tells you another.

I think filmmakers are always interested in getting the best actor that they can find, the person who's the most right for it.

Better to be furious at one thing, become radiant with purpose. Better to love links and rhythms than all-embracing answers.

The moon is no door. It is a face in its own right, White as a knuckle and terribly upset. It drags the sea after it like a dark crime; it is quiet With the O-gape of complete despair. I live here.

Music and the arts feed our souls, but a decent wage puts food on the table. Musicians, fans of music, and grassroots political organizations are a potent force to fight for social justice.

What we feel is not based on our experience, but on our INTERPRETATION of experiences.