To be alone means that you avoid bad company. But to have a true friend is better than being alone.
Who do you think’s better looking people in the north or people in the south?
If a sheep dies on the shore of the Euphrates I fear lest Allah ask me to account for it on the Day of Resurrection.
Taqwaa is not by praying all night and fasting all day but rather it is abiding by the commands of Allah and staying away from His prohibitions.
He who does not know evil will fall into it.
If your ruler is just, then praise God; but if he is unjust, pray to God to rid you of him.
He who went to the kings to seek favors went away from Allah.
If patience and gratitude had been she camels, it would have mattered little on which I rode.
He who sleeps without offering the night prayer, may he never enjoy a sound sleep.
Makam, meskipun hanya tempat jasad kita, mestilah kita usahakan yang baik, tidak rusak dan kotor, lagi pula orang yang mau menziarahi makam tersebut tidak akan kesulitan menemuinya.
He who called her so called her by her true name, for she is the full moon of full moons, afore God!
I certainly did wrong to put this book together...
Do not serve an old woman, even if she offered to feed you with semolina and almond bread.
Whosoever shows you your faults is your friend. Those that pay you lip service in praise are your executioners.
Given all the hardship I’ve experienced, it would be easy to think that the world is full of bad people, but I prefer to think that most people are good. It’s just that the good people make less noise.
I tried not to lose hope and remembered a popular mantra from my country: “Forward ever, backward never.
If you don’t know something exists, you can’t want it.
Once, I went on holiday with a girlfriend, and it was really hard because I didn’t know what I was supposed to do with myself. Why were we wasting time like that? I need food, I need clothes, but I don’t need vacation. I didn’t understand that I had the right to take time off work, and to be honest, I still don’t totally get the point of doing nothing on purpose.
One of the saddest things I learned on my journey is that in this life, no one gives you anything for free.
There is a difference between knowledge and wisdom. Knowledge comes from books and wisdom from thinking. No doubt, knowledge might give you the power to speak, but wisdom helps you to know when one should not speak. They are two parallel things with different destinations.
O brother of Thaqif, you have put the worm on the wood.