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.
AL-GHAZALIDo not allow your heart to take pleasure with the praises of people, nor be saddened by their condemnation.
More Al-Ghazali Quotes
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Desires make slaves out of kings and patience makes kings out of slaves.
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Those who look for seashells will find seashells; those who open them will find pearls.
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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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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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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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Work for your terrestrial life in proportion to your location in it, and work for your afterlife in proportion to your eternity in it.
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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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If you do not prepare now for the Afterlife, then when will you do so?
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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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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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The corruption of religions comes from turning them to mere words and appearances.
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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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Whoever passes forty without his virtue overpowering his vice, let him get ready for hellfire. This advice contains enough for people of knowledge.
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The hypocrite looks for faults; the believer looks for excuses.
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Whoever says that all music is prohibited, let him also claim that the songs of birds are prohibited.
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