A certain person may have, as you say, a wonderful presence; I do not know. What I do know is that he has a perfectly delightful absence.

A generous person may not have wisdom: but, unlike others, he has the means to gain it.

Effort makes some great men famous. Even greater effort enables other great men to remain unknown.

Worry is a cloud which rains destruction.

Exercise power by means of kindness, and you may be causing more damage than you could by cruelty. Neither approach is correct.

The Sufi is One who does not care when something is taken from him, but who does not cease to seek for what he has not.

The human being, whether he realises it or not, is trusting someone or something every moment of the day.