“I’d volunteer to go to prison, as long as there are books. Because with books I am free.”

“Aku rela di penjara asalkan bersama buku, karena dengan buku aku bebas.”

“I am what I am; Not because I like myself but because I don't have the courage to change.”

“If I had but two loaves of bread, I would sell one and buy hyacinths, for they would feed my soul.”

“I'm so fast that last night I turned off the light switch in my hotel room and was in bed before the room was dark.”

“Of whomsoever I had been Master (Mawla), Ali here is to be his Master. O Allah, be a supporter of whoever supports him (Ali) and an enemy of whoever opposes him.”

“The one without dreams is the one without wings.”