Underestimating one's enemy was a classic tactical mistake --- one that was usually born out of stupidity or arrogance or both. (Mitch Rapp)
The problem with a philosophy or a belief is that you soon start changing the facts to fit it.
In action a great heart is the chief qualification. In work, a great head.
At his best, man is the noblest of all animals separated from law and justice he is the worst.
Belief is a wonderful way to pass the time until the facts come in.
The real dawah to Islam is the character of a Muslim.
Why wait to forgive and let go only after you have sufficiently wallowed in your despair? Why not forgive and let go now?
I'd rather be able to face myself in the bathroom mirror than be rich and famous.
A photograph doesn't gain weight or lose weight, or change from being happy to being sad. It's frozen. You can use it, then recycle it.
We've made our decisions, We've taken our choices, What's left, is only a hand-full of emotions.
My father, [was] a mid-level phonecompany manager who treated my mother at best like an incompetent employee. At worst? He never beat her, but his pure, inarticulate fury would fill the house for days...