Desires make slaves out of kings and patience makes kings out of slaves.
AL-GHAZALIA man of bad character punishes his own soul.
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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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You possess only whatever will not be lost in a ship wreck.
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The corruption of religions comes from turning them to mere words and appearances.
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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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Those who look for seashells will find seashells; those who open them will find pearls.
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To get what you love, you must first be patient with what you hate.
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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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Do not allow your heart to take pleasure with the praises of people, nor be saddened by their condemnation.
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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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This visible world is a trace of that invisible one and the former follows the latter like a shadow.
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Does money upset the hearts of learned men? He answered, “men whose hearts are changed by money are not learned.”
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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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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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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 exists potentially in the human soul like the seed in the soil; by learning the potential becomes actual.
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