"When knowledge is limited - it leads to folly... When knowledge exceeds a certain limit, it leads to exploitation."

"To fight against the infidels is Jihad; but to fight against your evil self is greater Jihad."

"Follow the way of life, which the Holy Prophet has shown you, for verily that is the right path."

"There is no harm in patience, and no profit in lamentation. Death is easier to bear (than) that which precedes it, and more severe than that which comes after it. Remember the death of the Apostle of God, and your sorrow will be lessened."

"The distance between ambition and reality is bridged solely by consistent effort. Let this simple maxim guide your daily deeds — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"He who wishes to be obeyed must know how to command."

"We have all a better guide in ourselves, if we would attend to it, than any other person can be."

"Of life's two chief prizes, beauty and truth, I found the first in a loving heart and the second in a laborer's hand."