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“The weak are dominated by their ego, the wise dominate their ego, and the intelligent are in a constant struggle against their ego.”
― Hamza Yusuf

“Everyone’s a believer when things are going fine. The real faith is when one becomes patient with tribulations.”
― Hamza Yusuf

“Hypocrisy is wretched because the hypocrite says with his tongue what is not in his heart. He wrongs his tongue and oppresses his heart. But if the heart is sound, the condition of the tongue follows suit. We are commanded to be upright in speech, which is a gauge of the heart's state.”
― Hamza Yusuf, Purification of the Heart: Signs, Symptoms and Cures of the Spiritual Diseases of the Heart

“إذا كان بمقدورك أن تدرب نفسك على أن تنهض من فراشك عند الخامسة كل صباح فسوف تشعر أنه ليس هناك من تحد، مهما كبر، إلا بوسعك أن تتغلب عليه.”
― Jeffrey Lang

“والإسلام هو عقيدة الرجل الذي يفكر.”
― Jeffrey Lang, Even Angels Ask: A Journey to Islam in America

“حسب الخطة الإلهية فإن الرجال والنساء لم يقصد منهما أن يكونا الشيء نفسه بل ليكمل وليدعم كل منهما الآخر وهذا ما يعبر عنه القرآن بطرق شتى”
― Jeffrey Lang, الصراع من أجل الإيمان

“Two things in life are infinite; the stupidity of man and the mercy of God.”
― G.I. Gurdjieff

“Don't condemn if you see a person has a dirty glass of water, just show them the clean glass of water that you have. When they inspect it, you won't have to say that yours is better."
-said by Elijah Muhammad to Malcolm X”
― Malcolm X, The Autobiography of Malcolm X

“It is not defeat that destroys you,it is being demoralized by defeat that destroy you.”
― imran khan

“Realize that in modern society, the downside risk is not that large. Even personal bankruptcy can wipe the debts clean in good ecosystems. I’m most familiar with Silicon Valley, but generally, people will forgive failures as long as you were honest and made a high-integrity effort. There’s not really that much to fear in terms of failure, and so people should take on a lot more accountability than they do. [78]”
― Eric Jorgenson, The Almanack of Naval Ravikant: A Guide to Wealth and Happiness

“I choose to love you in silence…
For in silence I find no rejection,

I choose to love you in loneliness…
For in loneliness no one owns you but me,

I choose to adore you from a distance…
For distance will shield me from pain,

I choose to kiss you in the wind…
For the wind is gentler than my lips,

I choose to hold you in my dreams…
For in my dreams, you have no end.”
― Rumi

“We cannot change what we are not aware of, and once we are aware, we cannot help but change.”
― Sheryl Sandberg, Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead

“We do not learn from experience... we learn from reflecting on experience.”
― John Dewey

“The intelligent desire self-control; children want candy.”
― Rumi