Were the diver to think on the jaws of the shark, he would never lay hands on the precious pearl.
However much you are read in theory, if thou hast no practice thou art ignorant.
The true disciple should aim to live for the gospel, rather than to die for it.
But for the cravings of the belly not a bird would have fallen into the snare; nay, nay, the fowler would not have spread his net. The belly is chains to the hands and fetters to the feet. He who is a slave to his belly seldom worships God.
Liberty is of more value than any gifts; and to receive gifts is to lose it. Be assured that men most commonly seek to oblige thee only that they may engage thee to serve them.
No one ever sowed the grain of generosity who gathered not up the harvest of the desire of his heart.
Whoever has his foe at his mercy, and does not kill him, is his own enemy.
Fear not the proud and the haughty; fear rather him who fears God.
When a man appreciates only eating and sleeping, what excellence has he over the reptiles?
It is better to break off a thousand friendships, than to endure the sight of a single enemy.
So long as money can answer, it were wrong in any business to put the life in danger.
Capacity without education is deplorable, and education without capacity is thrown away.
The covetous map explores the whole world in pursuit of a subsistence, and fate is close at his heels.
The rose and thorn, the treasure and dragon, joy and sorrow, all mingle into one.
When thou seest thine enemy in trouble, curl not thy whiskers in contempt; for in every bone there is marrow, and within every jacket there is a man.
Be generous, and pleasant-tempered, and forgiving; even as God scatter favors over thee, do thou scatter over the people.
The stranger has no friend, unless it be a stranger.
A garden is a delight to the eye and a solace for the soul.
Though a man be wise and intelligent, he is a fool in the eyes of the ignorant.
I have heard that in the day of Hope and Fear the Merciful One will pardon the evil for the sake of the good. If you see evil in my words, do the same.
Posion kills only where there is no antidote.