Does money upset the hearts of learned men? He answered, “men whose hearts are changed by money are not learned.”
AL-GHAZALIYou possess only whatever will not be lost in a ship wreck.
More Al-Ghazali Quotes
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The corruption of religions comes from turning them to mere words and appearances.
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You possess only whatever will not be lost in a ship wreck.
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Declare your jihad on thirteen enemies you cannot see – Egoism, Arrogance, Conceit, Selfishness, Greed, Lust, Intolerance, Anger, Lying, Cheating, Gossiping and Slandering. If you can master and destroy them, then will be ready to fight the enemy you can see.
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No one who possesses snow would find any hardship in exchanging it for jewels and pearls. This world is like snow exposed to sun, which continues to melt until it disappears altogether, while the next life is like a precious stone that never passes away.
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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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A human-being is not a human-being while his tendencies include self-indulgence, covetousness, temper and attacking other people.
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The hypocrite looks for faults; the believer looks for excuses.
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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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Do not fix hopes on your health, and do not laugh away life. Remember how they walked and now all their joints lie separately, and the tongue with which they talked lightly is eaten away by the worms.
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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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If the world had two gods, it would surely go to ruin-this is the first premise. Now it is known that it has not gone to ruin-this is the second premise. From these premises the conclusion must of necessity follow, that is, the denial of two gods.
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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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Never have I dealt with anything more difficult than my own soul, which sometimes helps me and sometimes opposes me.
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It is sometimes said that we drink our religion with our mother’s milk.
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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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