Do not allow your heart to take pleasure with the praises of people, nor be saddened by their condemnation.
AL-GHAZALIYou possess only whatever will not be lost in a ship wreck.
More Al-Ghazali Quotes
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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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If those who do not possess knowledge avoid the scholarly discussions, disagreement will end.
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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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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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Knowledge exists potentially in the human soul like the seed in the soil; by learning the potential becomes actual.
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Know, O beloved, that man was not created in jest or at random, but marvelously made and for some great end. Although he is not form everlasting, yet he lives for ever; and though his body is mean and earthly, yet his spirit is lofty and divine.
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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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The happiness of the drop is to die in the river.
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To get what you love, you must first be patient with what you hate.
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Love for God is the farthest reach of all stations, the sun of the highest degrees, and there is no station after that of love, except its fruit and its consequences.
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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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It is sometimes said that we drink our religion with our mother’s milk.
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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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