Desires make slaves out of kings and patience makes kings out of slaves.
AL-GHAZALIOffen love between two people intensifies not because of beauty or some advantage, but because of sheer spiritual affinity.
More Al-Ghazali Quotes
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People count with self-satisfaction the number of times they have recited the name of God on their prayer beads, but they keep no beads for reckoning the number of idle words they speak.
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Remember it is the heart and not the body, which strives to draw near to God. By heart I do not mean the flesh perceived by the senses, but that secret thing which is sometimes expressed by spirit, and sometimes by soul.
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Understand that for every rule which I have mentioned from the Quran, the Devil has one to match it, which he puts beside the proper rule to cause error.
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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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Knowledge exists potentially in the human soul like the seed in the soil; by learning the potential becomes actual.
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If those who do not possess knowledge avoid the scholarly discussions, disagreement will end.
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Half of disbelief in Allah in the world is caused by people who make religion look ugly due to their bad conduct and ignorance.
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He who buries his head deep into a nosebag full of food cannot hope to see the invisible world.
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He who does not arrive at the Intuition of these Truths by means of Ecstasy knows only the name of Inspiration.
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A man of bad character punishes his own soul.
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You possess only whatever will not be lost in a ship wreck.
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Whoever determines the truth from people alone will remain lost in the plains of bewilderment. Rather, know the truth, and you will know its people.
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Knowledge without action is wastefulness and action without knowledge is foolishness.
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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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