"So, be patient. Surely Allah’s promise is true, and let not the disbelievers shake your firmness."

"Studies have shown, that, indeed, introverts are more likely than extroverts to express intimate facts about themselves online that their family and friends would be surprised to read, to say that they can express the “real me” online, and to spend more time in certain kinds of online discussions. They welcome the chance to communicate digitally. The same person who would never raise his hand in a lecture hall of two hundred people might blog to two thousand, or two million, without thinking twice. The same person who finds it difficult to introduce himself to strangers might establish a presence online and then extend those relationships into the real world."

"Read books. Care about things. Get excited. Try not to be too down on youself. Enjoy the ever present game of knowing."

"I don’t like what you are doing, but I won’t insult you for it. You know why? Because who you are tomorrow may be better than who I am today."

"Friends and good manners will carry you where money won’t go."

"It is not fair to ask of others what you are not willing to do yourself."

"Words do not express thoughts very well. They always become a little different immediately after they are expressed, a little distorted, a little foolish."

"What really matters is what you do with what you have."

"If you fell down yesterday, stand up today."

"We are shaped by our thoughts; we become what we think. When the mind is pure, joy follows like a shadow that never leaves."

"Find a woman who makes you feel more alive. She won’t make life perfect but she’ll make it infinitely more interesting. And then love her with all that’s in you."

"I remember riding in a taxi one afternoon between very tall buildings under a mauve and rosy sky; I began to bawl because I had everything I wanted and knew I would never be so happy again."