Though someday we may become as eloquent as Sahban, but we might also miss the essence of the Forgiving One.
A man is insensible to the relish of prosperity until he has tasted adversity.
He who is indifferent to the suffering of others is a traitor to that which is truly human.
Be thou good thyself, and let people speak evil of thee; it is better than to be wicked, and that they should consider thee as good.
Have patience. Everything is difficult before it is easy.
However much you are read in theory, if thou hast no practice thou art ignorant