“The intelligent person is one who, when he sees what is good, follows it, and when he sees evil, shuns it.”

O people of the Qur`an, the night has become long so you can pray (more) and the day has become short for you to fast.”

By He in whose Hand is my soul, I have lived amongst people who never ordered food to be prepared for themselves

The intelligent person is not one who merely knows what is good and what is bad.

When the believer speaks, it is with wisdom, when he is silent, it is in deep thought, when he sees

It is reported from ‘Ubayd ibn ‘Umayr (radiAllahu anhu) that he said: “It used to be said when winter came:

he takes lessons, and when he acts, it is a cure. If this is the way you are, then you are in the constant worship [of your Lord.]

The believer speaks little and does a lot, whereas the hypocrite speaks a lot and does little.

Sit with the repentant, for they have the softest hearts.

The limb that a person most needs to purify is his tongue.

If [food] was presented to one of them, he would eat, otherwise, he would be silent; and he would not care if it was hot or cold.

Every intelligent being enjoys complexity.

Intelligent people tend to talk about the facts. They don’t sit around and call each other names. That’s what you can find on a third grade playground.

Real devotion is an unbroken receptivity to the truth. Real devotion is rooted in an awed and reverent gratitude, but one that is lucid, grounded, and intelligent.

I was reading about how countless species are being pushed toward extinction by man’s destruction of forests. . . .

The intelligent investor is likely to need considerable will power to keep from following the crowd.

One other thing: at the meeting in Canada, [there was] the coup in Fiji. This comes to an important part of the Commonwealth: the role of the Queen [Elizabeth II]. I had absolutely just enormous respect for her as leader of the Commonwealth.

I want an intelligent girl whom I can talk about everything. I want her to be my friend, to be partners. I don’t like when a girl is rough, but delicate and subtle. I like good manners and not rudeness nor arrogance.

To me, God is an intelligent, loving, conscious energy and why do I say that? Well you need energy to create. You have to have a source. It’s undifferentiated energy which has intelligence or it couldn’t create.