“The point is not that I don't recognise bad people when I see them — I grant you I may quite well be taken in by them — the point is that I know a good person when I see one.”

“It wasn't a bit of good fighting grown-ups. They could do exactly as they liked.”

“There's a rainbow around every corner is a well known saying and is supposed to make negative people positive.”

“It was such a lovely day too, and the sky and sea were so blue. They sat eating and drinking, gazing out to sea, watching the waves break into spray over the rocks beyond the old wreck.”

“Nothing like having a bucket of cold water flung over you to make you see things as they really are!”

“You may be a failure at the moment – but you’re a very fine failure, Darrell! You’re a lot better than some people who think they’re a success.”

“Writing for children is an art in itself, and a most interesting one.”

“No one is allowed to live here unless they first lose their tempers and then get permission from me to take a house”

“I don’t feel at all brave,’ thought Jack, ‘but I suppose a person is really bravest when he does something although he is frightened. So here goes!”

“But, except for a good shaking, and some fine big bruises, Fatty was not hurt at all. His fat had kept him from breaking any bones!”

“I shall go on believing you and trusting you every single time. And one day you'll be strong enough to keep your promise.”

“Leave the cave of darkness, move into God's light, and begin blessed birth!”

“Experiencing the bittersweet essence Reflects the revelation of God’s nature Transforming the souls of humanity!”

When incentive to acquire and obtain property is gone, people no longer make efforts to acquire any... Those who infringe upon property rights commit an injustice... If this occurs repeatedly, all incentives to cultural enterprise are destroyed and they cease utterly to make an effort. This leads to destruction and ruin of civilization.

The sciences of only one nation, the Greeks, have come down to us, because they were translated through Al-Ma'mun's efforts. He was successful in this direction because he had many translators at his disposal and spent much money in this connection.

Eventually, Aristotle appeared among the Greeks. He improved the methods of logic and systematized its problems and details. He assigned to logic its proper place as the first philosophical discipline and the introduction to philosophy. Therefore he is called the First Teacher.

Geometry enlightlens the intellect and sets one's mind right

The Berbers belong to a powerful, formidable, and numerous people; a true people like so many others, the world has seen - like the Arabs, the Persians, the Greeks and the Romans.

At the beginning of a dynasty, taxation yields a large revenue from small assessments. At the end of the dynasty, taxation yields a small revenue from large assessments.

All the sciences came to exist in Arabic. The systematic works on them were written in Arabic writing.

People are largely ignorant of the interests of the human species.

Therefore, the Negro nation are, as a rule, submissive to slavery, because [Negroes] have little [that is essentially] human and have attributes that are quite similar to those of dumb animals, as we have stated.

Sedentary culture is the goal of civilization. It means the end of its lifespan and brings about its corruption.

Islam is under obligation to gain power over all nations.

Government is an institution which prevents injustice other than such as it commits itself.

Hatred is like a wild fire it can destroy everything in its path!

Compassion is doing for others, what you would want them to do for you.

"Never dies the dream, only the dreamer!"

You cannot count the stars, there are to many, its like love, there is no ending!

If you love life & value it, you will love people, they are life!

The tongue is a small thing, but can speak great hurts!

Show me your friends, and I wil know who you are!

You can never change another person but they can change you!

“You are more than yourself, but do All of You know’s that”

“To the man who only has a hammer, everything he encounters begins to look like a nail.”

“I suppose it is tempting, if the only tool you have is a hammer, to treat everything as if it were a nail.”

“It isn't normal to know what we want. It is a rare and difficult psychological achievement.”

“One can choose to go back toward safety or forward toward growth. Growth must be chosen again and again; fear must be overcome again and again.”

“A musician must make music, an artist must paint, a poet must write, if he is to be ultimately at peace with himself. What a man can be, he must be”

“We need not take refuge in supernatural gods to explain our saints and sages and heroes and statesmen, as if to explain our disbelief that mere unaided human beings could be that good or wise.”

“What is necessary to change a person is to change his awareness of himself.”

“Be independent of the good opinion of other people.”

“I can feel guilty about the past, apprehensive about the future, but only in the present can I act. The ability to be in the present moment is a major component of mental wellness.”

“Let people realize clearly that every time they threaten someone or humiliate or unnecessarily hurt or dominate or reject another human being, they become forces for the creation of psychopathology, even if these be small forces. Let them recognize that every person who is kind, helpful, decent, psychologically democratic, affectionate, and warm, is a psychotheraputic force, even though a small one.”

“If you plan on being anything less than you are capable of being, you will probably be unhappy all the days of your life.”

“Life is an ongoing process of choosing between safety (out of fear and need for defense) and risk (for the sake of progress and growth). Make the growth choice a dozen times a day.”

“What one can be, one must be!”

“The sacred is in the ordinary...it is to be found in one's daily life, in one's neighbors, friends, and family, in one's own backyard...travel may be a flight from confronting the scared--this lesson can be easily lost. To be looking elsewhere for miracles is to me a sure sign of ignorance that everything is miraculous.”

“If the essential core of the person is denied or suppressed, he gets sick sometimes in obvious ways, sometimes in subtle ways, sometimes immediately, sometimes later.”

“In any given moment we have two options: to step forward into growth or to step back into safety.”