Inspirational Sayings

The physician must be able to discern the state of health of a person from his speech, his gait, his sleep, his dreams, his appetite, his thirst, his excretions, and his thoughts.

I believe it was God's will that we should come to these parts, so that people should know what there is in the world.

And in this country, they have a custom that when a man has a dream, he goes to a wise man, and the wise man interprets his dream for him.

When they are about to go to war, they take a certain herb, which they dry and powder, and then they mix it with water and drink it. And when they have drunk it, they become so brave that they fear nothing.

Real things in the darkness seem no realer than dreams.

A night of endless dreams, inconsequent and wild, is this my life; none more worth telling than the rest.

The world is a floating dream—why cling to it?

Some for the Glories of This World; and some Sigh for the Prophet's Paradise to come; Ah, take the Cash in hand and waive the Rest; Oh, the brave Music of a distant Drum!

The worldly hope men set their hearts upon Turns ashes—or it prospers; and anon, Like Snow upon the Desert's dusty Face, Lighting a little hour or two—is gone.

My destiny awaits.

Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.

Come, seek, for search is the foundation of fortune: every success depends upon focusing the heart.

I forgive the Christians of Jerusalem, for they have fought bravely.

How can I be happy when the mosque of al-Aqsa is in the hands of the unbelievers?