Do not allow your heart to take pleasure with the praises of people, nor be saddened by their condemnation.
AL-GHAZALIWhoever determines the truth from people alone will remain lost in the plains of bewilderment. Rather, know the truth, and you will know its people.
More Al-Ghazali Quotes
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Offen love between two people intensifies not because of beauty or some advantage, but because of sheer spiritual affinity.
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The hypocrite looks for faults; the believer looks for excuses.
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If those who do not possess knowledge avoid the scholarly discussions, disagreement will end.
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The corruption of religions comes from turning them to mere words and appearances.
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Whoever says that all music is prohibited, let him also claim that the songs of birds are prohibited.
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To get what you love, you must first be patient with what you hate.
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In God, there is no sorrow or suffering or affliction. If you want to be free of all affliction and suffering, hold fast to God, and turn wholly to Him, and to no one else. Indeed, all your suffering comes from this: that you do not turn toward God and no one else.
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You possess only whatever will not be lost in a ship wreck.
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The way to paradise is an uphill climb whereas hell is downhill. Hence, there is a struggle to get to paradise and not to hell.
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Each of your breaths is a priceless jewel, since each of them is irreplaceable and once gone, can never be retrieved.
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This visible world is a trace of that invisible one and the former follows the latter like a shadow.
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Those who look for seashells will find seashells; those who open them will find pearls.
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Never have I dealt with anything more difficult than my own soul, which sometimes helps me and sometimes opposes me.
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Dear friend, Your heart is a polished mirror. You must wipe it dean of the veil of dust that has gathered upon it, because it is destined to reflect the light of divine secrets.
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You must convince your heart that whatever Allah has decreed is most appropriate and most beneficial for you.
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