Happiness, sadness, loss and gain all pass away. What they do to us is what remains.

When you're in trouble don't depend on yourself. Don't depend on people. Depend on God.

Sometimes you search so hard for words. You look for a way to interpret the language of this heart and the unspoken bond you feel. But in the end you are left with nothing but silence. And deep down you hope it’s understood.

Just as storms change the landscape of the earth, our hardships change the landscape of the heart.

Compassion is to look beyond your own pain, to see the pain of others.

Love people for the sake of God, but never love God for the sake of people.

As a Muslim woman, I’ve been liberated from a silent kind of bondage. I don’t answer to the slaves of God on earth. I answer to their King.