The worst of our faults is our interest in other people’s faults.
Do not feel lonely on the road of righteousness Because of the fewness of the walkers on it.
Not every man with a heart is understanding, nor every man with an ear a listener, and nor every man with eyes able to see.
The world is darkness; knowledge is light; but knowledge without truth is a mere shadow.
The days of life pass away like clouds, so do good while you are alive.
Asceticism is not that you should not own anything, but that nothing should own you.
To fight against one’s desires is the greatest of all fights.
Patience to faith is like the head to the body. The person who has no patience has not faith.
The nourishment of body is food, while the nourishment of the soul is feeding others.
He who understands humanity seeks solitude.
Don’t engage your heart in grief over the past or you wont be ready for what is coming.
Patience is of two kinds: patience over what pains you, and patience against what you covet.
Two things cause people to be destroyed: fear of poverty and seeking superiority through pride.
Perfecting one’s intellect causes one to speak less, and those words spoken will be adorned with wisdom.
There are so many highly esteemed ones who became miserable and humiliated just because of their bad temper and morals; and humble people who have attained eminence and the highest honors because of good temper and morals.
Your souls are precious and can only be equal to the price of Paradise, therefore sell them only at that price.
The relation of patience to iman is like the relation of the head to the body. If the head is chopped off, the body becomes useless. Then he raised his voice and said: Certainly, the one who has no patience has no iman, and patience is like a riding-beast that nevers gets tired.
Know thyself, and thou shalt know God.
Do not be too hard, lest you be broken; do not be too soft, lest you be squeezed.
Often your utterances and expressions of your face leak out the secrets of your hidden thoughts.