God is with the broken-hearted. When your heart breaks, it’s a good thing – the breaking of the heart is what opens it up to the light of Allah. The dunya is designed to break your heart, to crush it.

The weak are dominated by their ego, the wise dominate their ego, and the intelligent are in a constant struggle against their ego.

Reality of things is hidden in the realm of the unseen

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

For young people, if someone tells you: you are the future - say No! I'm the present. You have things to do right now.

You will find yourself in the Quran, I guarantee you.

A democracy is predicated on an educated citizenry. You cannot have a democracy with people that are more interested in what Nicole Kidman is doing or whoever the latest fashion model is.