“So she thoroughly taught him that one cannot take pleasure without giving pleasure, and that every gesture, every caress, every touch, every glance, every last bit of the body has its secret, which brings happiness to the person who knows how to wake it. She taught him that after a celebration of love the lovers should not part without admiring each other, without being conquered or having conquered, so that neither is bleak or glutted or has the bad feeling of being used or misused.”
“Submission is not about authority and it is not obedience; it is all about relationships of love and respect.”
“When I look at a person, I see a person - not a rank, not a class, not a title.”
“The art of conversation is the art of hearing as well as of being heard.”
“Politeness [is] a sign of dignity, not subservience.”
“What is objectionable, what is dangerous about extremists is not that they are extreme, but that they are intolerant. The evil is not what they say about their cause, but what they say about their opponents.”
“Set the standard! Stop expecting others to show you love, acceptance, commitment, & respect when you don t even show that to yourself.”
“There is one other reason for dressing well, namely that dogs respect it, and will not attack you in good clothes.”
“Whether we wound or are wounded, the blood that flows is red.”
“Regard your good name as the richest jewel you can possibly be possessed of -- for credit is like fire; when once you have kindled it you may easily preserve it, but if you once extinguish it, you will find it an arduous task to rekindle it again. The way to a good reputation is to endeavor to be what you desire to appear.”
“Tolerance only for those who agree with you is no tolerance at all.”
“How strange is man that when he is afraid of something he runs away from it, but when he is afraid of Allah, he gets closer to Him.”
“When people do not respect us we are sharply offended; yet deep down in his private heart no man much respects himself.”
“If we cant laugh at ourselves, do we have the right to laugh at others?”
“She can feel his blood, just beneath his skin; when he breathes, the air fills with smoke. He s like a dragon, ancient and fearless.”
“I want to lay my kill at your feet.”
“I hate that I had to pull out my wallet and buy respect.”