Every little moment has a meaning all its own.
Do not be fooled by one who recites the Qurân. His recitation is but speech – but look to those who act according to it.
Sometimes the people with the worst past, create the best future
Islam will be destroyed by the mistakes of scholars, the arguments of the hypocrites who misinterpret the Qur’an to support their views and misleading rulers.
I looked at all friends, and did not find a better friend than safeguarding the tongue. I thought about all dresses, but did not find a better dress than piety. I thought about all types of wealth, but did not find a better wealth than contentment in little. I thought of all types of good deeds, but did not find a better deed than offering good advice. I looked at all types of sustenance, but did not find a better sustenance than patience.
To speak less is wisdom, to eat less is healthy, and to mingle less with te people is safe and serene.
No amount of worrying can change the future. Go easy on yourself, for the outcome of all affairs is determined by God's decree. If something is meant to go elsewhere, it will never come your way, but if it is yours by destiny, from you it cannot flee.
I was an artist, but not a self-proclaimed great artist, just a common man who was working in a form of art which is universal.
Grief can take care if itself, but to get the full value of a joy you must have somebody to divide it with.
We own 18 percent of just the PC business. Now that's only about 60 percent of our business today.
Africa is our center of gravity, our cultural and spiritual mother and father, our beating heart, no matter where we live on the face of this earth.