“Praise and Fame often come after Shame.”
“My emotions reflect my my art”
“The most insidious part of fame for April wasn't that other people dehumanized her; it was that she dehumanized herself. She came to see herself not as a person but as a tool.”
Source: An Absolutely Remarkable Thing
“This was how mortals found fame, I thought. Through practice and diligence, tending their skills like gardens until they glowed beneath the sun.”
Source: Circe
“Faith in Qur'anic revelation unveils all the possibilities that lie before the human intellect.”
Source: Tawhid and Science
“Fame is longing. Not yours, but the audience’s. A star is nothing more, nothing less, than the public face of private desire.”
Source: The Air You Breathe
“The most overrated things are fame, the future, marriage, being rich, happiness, being in love, sanity, being alive, sex, and human beings.”
“The most insidious party of fame for April wasn't that other people dehumanized her; it was that she dehumanized herself. She came to see herself not as a person but as a tool. And if that tool wasn't being used, sharpened, refined, or strengthened at every opportunity, then she was letting the world down.”
Source: An Absolutely Remarkable Thing
“Exile and fame have similar side effects: if you experience either one, your world is made narrow, and the only people can bear – the only ones who truly understand you – are the ones who are in the same boat.”
Source: The Air You Breathe
“If you attain fame and fortune, and do not attain gratitude along with it, the chances are that you will not enjoy that fame or that fortune.”
Source: Success Habits: Proven Principles for Greater Wealth, Health, and Happiness