"This is what you must be like. Grow wherever life puts you down."

“It is just seeing-it is a very simple word-and to be a visionary is to be a seer. The problem is that most people can't see.”

“Skating is in my heart, not my head”

“The most important thing to a lot of people, is to belong to something that's hip or whatever. To be a part of something that's not society, just a clique.”

“Reality of things is hidden in the realm of the unseen”

Source : Hamza Yusuf (2004). “Purification of the Heart: Signs, Symptoms, and Cures of the Spiritual Diseases of the Heart : Translation and Commentary of Imam Mawlud's Matharat Al-Qulub”, Starlatch Press

“Goals are a preview of future events and experiences in your life.”

“Flowers seem intended for the solace of ordinary humanity.”

“Each individual man and each individual country, according to the principles of natural reason, is free from bondage. Consequently, if there is some threat that might infringe upon a country's freedom, then that country should not hesitate even to take up arms against all the countries of the world.”

Source : "An encouragement of learning". Book by Fukuzawa Yukichi and Obata Tokujirō, 1872-1876.

“I took up knitting from time to time as a relaxation, but I always put it down again before going out to buy a rocking chair.”