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“Know that the science of unveiling has no end to it, for it consists in the journey of the intellect in the stations of Majesty, Beauty, Sublimeness, Grandeur, and Holiness. . . . He to whom the mysteries of La ilaha illa'llah are revealed draws near to God, and his worship of God becomes sincere. He does not turn to anyone but to Him, nor does he have hope in or fear other than Him, nor does he see harm or benefit except as coming from Him. He abandons whosoever is not He and rids himself of inward and outward associationism (shirk).”
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“The three saddest things are the ill wanting to be well, the poor wanting to be rich, and the constant traveler saying 'anywhere but here'.”
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“I never say 'never,' and I never say 'always.'”
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“When people ask me what I miss most about the game, it's being in the locker room and getting to know the guys. Back in those days, we had roommates. We had to talk basketball and that was a great way to understand the game itself and form those lasting relationships.”
Source : "'The Pearl' Still Shining: An Interview with New York Knicks Legend Earl Monroe". Inerview with Keith Schlosser, bleacherreport.com. 
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“I compare myself with my former self, not with others. Not only that, I tend to compare my current self with the best I have been, which is when I have been midly manic. When I am my present "normal" self, I am far removed from when I have been my liveliest, most productive, most intense, most outgoing and effervescent. In sort, for myself, I am a hard act to follow.”
Source : Kay Redfield Jamison (2014). “An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness”, p.59, Pan Macmillan
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“I had 30-something years' experience in modeling, which is rare.”
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“There is only one side to the stock market; and it is not the bull side or the bear side, but the right side”
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“The purity of youth will usher in the Divine Wind.”
