I don't look at myself as being famous. I look at myself as an athlete. If the money is there, I'd be happy, but I have to be happy within myself first.
If you want a glory that does not vanish, then do not glory in a glory that vanishes
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.
The lights of some people precede their dhikr, while the dhikr of some people precede their lights. There is the one who does (loud) dhikr so that his heart be illumined; and there is the one whose heart has been illumined and he does (silent) dhikr.
If you make intense supplication and the timing of the answer is delayed, do not despair of it. His reply to you is guaranteed; but in the way He chooses, not the way you choose, and at the moment He desires, not the moment you desire.
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
All your friends think you're satisfied, but they can't see your soul, no, no, no.
The dead carry with them to the grave in their clutched hands only that which they have given away.
A ratio of failures is built into the process of writing. The wastebasket has evolved for a reason. Think of it as the altar of the Muse Oblivion, to whom you sacrifice your botched first drafts, the tokens of your human imperfection.
The fear of meeting the opposition of envy, or the illiberality of ignorance is, no doubt, the frequent cause of preventing many ingenious men from ushering opinions into the world which deviate from common practice. Hence for want of energy, the young idea is shackled with timidity and a useful thought is buried in the impenetrable gloom of eternal oblivion.