I love Imam Ash-Shafi’i: One of my inspirations

قل بما شئت في مسبة عرضي
فسكوتي عن اللئيم جواب
ما أنا عادم الجواب ولكن
ما من الأسد أن تجيب الكلاب
‘Say what you wish in abuse of me,
For my silence towards the idiot is indeed an answer.
I am not at a loss for a response but rather,
It does not befit the lion to answer the dogs.’