If But for the Mercy of my Lord, that my paradise becomes a woman's hell.

God Almighty would in no way permit evil in His works were He not so omnipotent and good that even out of evil He could work good.

The mind commands the body and is instantly obeyed. The mind commands itself and meets resistance. The mind commands the hand to move, and it so easy that one hardly distinguishes the order from its execution. Yet mind is mind and hand is body. The mind orders the mind to will. The recipient of the order is itself, yet it does not perform it.

God is more anxious to bestow his blessings on us than we are to receive them.

What then is time? If no one asks me, I know what it is. If I wish to explain it to him who asks, I do not know.

Disturbers are to be rebuked, the low spirited to be encouraged, the infirm to be supported, objectors confuted, the treacherous guarded against, the unskilled taught, the lazy aroused, the contentious restrained, the haughty repressed, the poor relieved, the oppressed liberated, the good approved, the evil borne with, and all are to be loved!

Hope has two lovely daughters, anger and courage.