Four things do not come back: the spoken word, the sped arrow, the past life, and the neglected opportunity. |

Only when I allowed myself to feel the emotions pent up for so long inside me did I start extricating myself from my own past. |

The value of an idea lies in the using of it. |

We have art in order not to die of the truth. |

You should always bear in mind that entropy is not on your side. |

You have to be odd to be number one. |

The object of the superior man is truth. |

Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage. If you want to conquer fear, do not sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy. |

Learning never exhausts the mind. |

Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail. |

Hard work spotlights the character of people: some turn up their sleeves, some turn up their noses, and some don't turn up at all. |

The mind that perceives the limitation is the limitation. |

As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them. |

Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others. |

Keep your eyes open to your mercies. The man who forgets to be thankful has fallen asleep in life. |

Life is not a matter of holding good cards, but of playing a poor hand well. |

Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant. |

After all these years, I have come to realise that I must go through a period of agony and torture before I have a breakthrough. |

Beauty and brains, pleasure and usability – they should go hand in hand. |

I tell Allah I love Him immensely, immensely. But I tell Him I cannot be better, because of how the world is. |

What you don't want is always going to be with you.
What you want is never going to be with you.
Where you don't want to go, you have to go.
And the moment you think you're going to live more, you're going to die. |

Much of what was said did not matter, and that much of what mattered could not be said. |

Either you deal with what is the reality, or you can be sure that the reality is going to deal with you. |

Why should you believe your eyes? You were given eyes to see with, not to believe with. Your eyes can see the mirage, the hallucination as easily as the actual scenery. |