One who is mild rather than forceful has greater capacity for outreach.
Do not take someone's silence as his pride, perhaps he is busy fighting with his self.
The outcome of fear is disappointment and shyness is frustration.
Patience is of two kinds: patience over what pains you, and patience against what you covet.
Be like a flower that gives its fragrance even to the hand that crushed it.
A calamity does not descend except due to a sin and it is not lifted except with repentance.