"Islam will be victorious through the blood of martyrs who spread its light in every dark corner of this earth."

“What we miss is how unsustainable that is. Even bigger is the idea that we as a nation are not made up of businesses, banks, malls, markets, homes or things. Our greatest asset is ourselves: our lives and our people. The real investment should be there.”

“If we finished our work, the teacher would say, 'Now don't read ahead.' But sometimes I hid the book I was reading behind my geography book and did read ahead. You can hide a lot behind a geography book.”

“We are no more content to plod along the beaten paths - and so marriage must go the way of God.”

Source : Amy Levy (2006). “Reuben Sachs: A Sketch”, p.192, Broadview Press

“I have no idea what to do with myself. And while I wait for my epiphany, I feel the toxins collecting in my body.”

“It is my humble prayer that I may be of some use in my day and generation.”

“I became chairman of the inmates committee. Got into a lot of trouble. Was accused of fomenting a riot. Was accused of plotting to kill the warden.”

“Nothing has happened in education until it has happened to a student.”

“I lived like a man who wanted to die but who had no courage to do it himself.”