“[Oh Allah], do not make me despair of Your responding to me, even if such response is postponed, whether I be in prosperity, adversity, hardship, comfort, wellbeing, ordeal, misery, or bliss. Verily, You are the Hearer of prayers.”

“I will teach my children that sadness is a garden, part of the house, the home we are building. We go there and sit down, first together, have talks. On some days we will eat there, take afternoon naps there, but we do not solely live or sleep in our garden. We sleep in our beds, still, the garden is there and if we tend to it, plant seeds, grow fruit and vegetables, we can live from our garden and grow big and strong from it. I will never tell my children not to be sad, or stop crying. Instead, I will teach them to go into the garden and tend to it, and there’s a big chance the sun will be there, too.”

“…people’s hearts are like deep wells. Nobody knows what’s at the bottom. All you can do is imagine by what comes floating to the surface every once in a while.”

“Because one believes in oneself, one doesn’t try to convince others. Because one is content with oneself, one doesn’t need others’ approval. Because one accepts oneself, the whole world accepts him or her.”

“Prophet al-Khizr (a.s.), in his advice to Prophet Moses (a.s.) said, ‘O son of ‘AImran, do not ever condemn somebody for a mistake, and cry over your own mistake [instead].’”