Ikhlaas is to forget the vision of creation by constantly looking at the Creator.

We know that the Zanj (blacks) are the least intelligent and the least discerning of mankind, and the least capable of understanding the consequences of actions.

Like the crow among mankind are the Zanj [African Blacks] for they are the worst of men and the most vicious of creatures in character and temperament.

The library was quiet. It was busy but it was quiet and I thought it must be like this in a monastery where you had company and sympathy but your thoughts were your own.

When you do your first book, you're just like, "This is my work." And it's just this whole other world that you throw yourself into.

The worst crimes are not committed by evil degenerates, but by decent and intelligent people taking 'pragmatic' decisions.

My style of lyric-writing is very specific and has a lot of details, and I think people react most to that.

Every man is in some sort a failure to himself. No one ever reaches the heights to which he aspires.

Behind a veil, unseen yet present, I was the forceful soul that moved this mighty body.

In the final measure, nothing speaks like deeds

There is no danger of developing eyestrain from looking at the bright side of things.

When I haven't any blue I use red.