To get what you love, you must first be patient with what you hate.
AL-GHAZALIYou possess only whatever will not be lost in a ship wreck.
More Al-Ghazali Quotes
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The hypocrite looks for faults; the believer looks for excuses.
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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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Do not dispute with anyone in any matter as far as possible. For in argumentation lies much harm and its evil is greater than its benefit.
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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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Knowledge without action is wastefulness and action without knowledge is foolishness.
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It is sometimes said that we drink our religion with our mother’s milk.
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The soul should take care of the body, just as the pilgrim on his way to Makkah takes care of his camel; but if the pilgrim spends his whole time in feeding and adorning his camel, the caravan will leave him behind, and he will perish in the desert.
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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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Never have I dealt with anything more difficult than my own soul, which sometimes helps me and sometimes opposes me.
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Man’s nature is made up of four elements, which produce in him four attributes, namely, the beastly, the brutal, the satanic, and the divine. In man there is something of the pig, the dog, the devil, and the saint.
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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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The mere physical man is like the ant crawling on the paper, who observes black lettering and attributes its production to the pen and nothing more.
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Those who look for seashells will find seashells; those who open them will find pearls.
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The corruption of religions comes from turning them to mere words and appearances.
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To completely trust in Allah is to be like a child who knows deeply that even if he does not call for the mother, the mother is totally aware of his condition and is looking after him.
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