To enjoy good health, to bring true happiness to one's family, to bring peace to all, one must first discipline and control one's own mind. If a man can control his mind he can find the way to Enlightenment, and all wisdom and virtue will naturally come to him. -Buddha

Common sense ain't so common...

Quotes by Sayidina Ali (RA)

Do for this life as if you live forever, do for the afterlife as if you die tomorrow.

He who busies himself with things other than improvement of his own self becomes perplexed in darkness and entangled in ruin. His evil spirits immerse him deep in vices and make his bad actions seem handsome.

Resignation to the Will of God is the cure for the disease of the heart.

Opportunity is swift of flight, but slow to return.

He who indulges in jokes and loose talk loses a part of his wisdom.

The greater your capacity to love, the greater your capacity to feel the pain.
-Jennifer Aniston

You know it's love when all you want is that person to be happy,

even if you're not part of their happiness.

-Julia Roberts



You never lose by loving. You always lose by holding back.

-Barbara De Angelis

To get to a woman's heart, a man must first use his own.  ~Mike Dobbertin

A woman can say more in a sigh
than a man can say in a sermon. 
~Arnold Haultain

I miss...

the good ol' days

laughing til my stomach hurt

daydreaming

smiling just because

cuddling

excitedly planning a new adventure

sharing poetry faves

intellectual conversation

anxiously waiting for the future

cooking for my loved ones

my friends

politickin' over coffee

getting lost in a book

sharing my thoughts

star-gazing

singing on top of my lungs

blogging

movie nights

talking into the wee hours of night

affection

swimming

not giving a hoot

love

Women are made to be loved, not understood.

-Oscar Wilde

“O my Lord, don’t leave me in the hands of my ego, not even for the blink of an eye.” - Prophet Muhammad (Peace and blessings be upon him)

Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none.
- William Shakespeare

His command is only when He intends a thing that He says to it, "Be," and it is.(82)
So exalted is He in whose hand is the realm of all things, and to Him you will be returned.(83)

(Surah Ya Sin)