One gets infected, it is true, by the style of a work that one has been reading.
It is man and not the Bible that needs correcting. Greater and more careful scholarship has shown that apparent contradictions were caused by incorrect translations, rather than divine inconsistencies...
Sacrifice of the self is sheer stupidity if sacrifice is not for the self.
A creative man is motivated by the desire to achieve, not by the desire to beat others.
For the grateful, there is no room for disappointment; Each moment offers life.
He shall rule, whom they look not for that dwell upon the earth, and the fowls shall take their flight away together:
Some men give up their designs when they have almost reached the goal While others, on the contrary, obtain a victory by exerting, at the last moment, more vigorous efforts than ever before.
Each day I will accomplish one thing on my to list.
Joy cannot be pursued. It comes from within. It is a state of being. It does not depend on circumstances, but triumphs over circumstances. It produces a gentleness of spirit and a magnetic personality...
Quality is not an act, it is a habit.
At the beginning, I thought the best Islamic work was in Spain - the mosque in Cordoba, the Alhambra in Granada. But as I learned more, my ideas shifted. I traveled to Egypt, and to the Middle East ma...