“Tell the truth no matter who it hurts.”

“Of course, freedom is not free. Taxpayers pay for it.”

“A Sufi will say Everything is beautiful, even the dirt that clings beneath my feet.”

“Forgiveness should come naturally.”

“We want Allah to forgive us, yet we are not willing to forgive others.Desire the same that you wish for your enemy,Pray for those who harmed you with the same passion that you pray for yourself.Be ...”

“Your pain is not prescribed by your creator, He is the healer thus not giver of misery.We are victims of others; lay the blame where it belongs.Mankind is responsible for its environment and cultur...”

“Having a low opinion of yourself is not 'modesty.' It's self-destruction. Holding your uniqueness in high regard is not 'egotism.' It's a necessary precondition to happiness and success.”

“Point me out the happy man and I will point you out either extreme egotism, selfishness, evil -- or else an absolute ignorance.”

“Were so wrapped up with egotistical things, career, family, having enough money, meeting the mortgage, getting a new car, fixing the radiator when it breakswere involved in trillions of little acts...”

“Many individuals are so constituted that their only thought is to obtain pleasure and shun responsibility. They would like, butterfly-like, to wing forever in a summer garden, flitting from flower ...”

“Human beings appear to be sufficiently selfish and calculating to be capable of indefinitely greater harmony and social homeostasis. This statement is not self-contradictory. True selfishness, if o...”

“...only in relatively recent times have people decided that "because I want to" is sufficient reason for annoying others.”