“There are two things that if you do them you will attain the good of this world and the hereafter; [They are] that you bear what you dislike if it is beloved to Allah and you leave what you like if it is disliked by Allah.”

Truthfulness is composed of justice and courage.

Anyone who rises above the things of this world, to which you kneel, is mightier than you.

If your pride leads you to boast, you will be doubly guilty, because your intelligence will have shown that it is incapable of controlling your pride.

Glad-tidings to he who knows his own faults more than other people know it.

One hour of neglect can undo a year of pious effort.

The wise man knows the only fitting price for his soul is a place in Paradise.

If you advise someone on the condition that they have to accept it, then you are an oppressor.

And though the years before I die Stretch out interminably, I Shall only count my life in truth As that brief hour of happy youth.

Anyone who criticizes you cares about your friendship. Anyone who makes light of your faults cares nothing about you.

We should think of those who were famous for their good deeds or their bad deeds; did their fame raise them one single degree in the sight of Allah. Did it win them a reward that they had not already won by their actions during their life?

Knowledge no longer exists if one has ignored the attributes of the Almighty Great Creator.

What indicates a person’s weak religion and fear of God, is that he seeks for an opinion that suits his desire.

No one is moved to act, or resolves to speak a single word, who does not hope by means of this action or word to release anxiety from his spirit.

The world belongs to those who set out to conquer it armed with self confidence and good humor.

To know that there’s a good chance that this is something that could potentially be around well after I leave this planet, it’s a good feeling.

Do all the good you can and make as little fuss about it as possible.

The more tranquil a man becomes, the greater is his success, his influence, his power for good.

I don’t think that you have any insight whatsoever into your capacity for good until you have some well-developed insight into your capacity for evil.

It is impossible to conceive anything at all in the world, or even out of it, which can be taken as good without qualification, except a good will.

The reading of all good books is like a conversation with the finest minds of past centuries.

Nothing can possibly be conceived in the world, or even out of it, which can be called good, without qualification, except a good will.