The founder of twenty terrestrial empires and of o­ne spiritual empire, that is Muhammed. As regards all standards by which human greatness may be measured, we may well ask, is there any man greater than he?

Grief knits two hearts in closer bonds than happiness ever can; and common sufferings are far stronger links than common joys.

When a dog is in your life, there is always a reason to laugh.

Man is born barbarous--he is ransomed from the condition of beasts only by being cultivated.

...to kill animals for the purpose of feeding on their flesh is one of the most deplorable and shameful infirmities of the human state

Virginity is the poetry, not the reality, of life.

If greatness of purpose, smallness of means, and astonishing results are the three criteria of a human genius, who could dare compare any great man in history with Muhammad?