. . . persist in that invocation until the unity of the world is subsumed for you in a single sphere, so that with the eye of your heart you will see naught in the two worlds save the One.

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.

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

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.

Try to be the best even if you can't be the best, you will be among the betters.

People vote for whom they believe will be the best president and representative for our country. The First Lady is not on the ballot.

What we [writers] do might be done in solitude and with great desperation, but it tends to produce exactly the opposite. It tends to produce community and in many people hope and joy.

As you may know, I am a mechanical engineer.

Because they dream so strongly in themselves, their superiority and women's inferiority, they project an image that a woman finds very, very difficult to fight against.

You want the industry to finally admit that you're good. But I'm still good without their admission.

The sooner we become a multi-planet species, the safer the species is, and the stronger the guarantee that we're going to continue to evolve.

Let me ask you, do you love your freedom that you have here in America? Well, so do I.

God can so fill a man with His Spirit that he can laugh and believe in the face of a thousand difficulties.