It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.
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It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.
Avoidance of sin is lighter than the pain of remorse.
It is not true that people stop pursuing dreams because they grow old, they grow old because they stop pursuing dreams.
The desire to reach for the stars is ambitious. The desire to reach hearts is wise.
The criterion of action is that todays work should not be deferred till the following day.
Learn the Arabic language; it will sharpen your wisdom.
Do not be an arrogant scholar, for scholarship cannot subsist with arrogance.
Fear Allah, for that is fortune; indifference to Allah is misfortune.
Preserve the sayings of those people who are indifferent to the world. They say only that what Allah wishes them to say.
Keep smiling, because life is a beautiful thing and there's so much to smile about.
O Allah do not give me in excess lest I may be disobedient.
Aging is not "lost youth" but a new stage of opportunity and strength.
When we're awake in our bodies and sense, the world comes alive. Wisdom, creativity, and love are discovered as we relax and awaken through our bodies.
Life seems but a quick succession of busy nothings.
People think dreams aren't real just because they aren't made of matter, of particles. Dreams are real. But they are made of viewpoints, of images, of memories and puns and lost hopes.
Success in life is the result of good judgment. Good judgment is usually the result of experience. Experience is usually the result of bad judgment.
Love is or it ain't. Thin love ain't love at all.
Courage is not the absence of fear; it is the making of action in spite of fear.
Often people display a curious respect for a man drunk, rather like the respect of simple races for the insane... There is something awe-inspiring in one who has lost all inhibitions.
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting.
The meaning of life is to find your gift. The purpose of life is to give it away.
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