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.
AL-GHAZALIOffen love between two people intensifies not because of beauty or some advantage, but because of sheer spiritual affinity.
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Desires make slaves out of kings and patience makes kings out of slaves.
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The hypocrite looks for faults; the believer looks for excuses.
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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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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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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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The corruption of religions comes from turning them to mere words and appearances.
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If those who do not possess knowledge avoid the scholarly discussions, disagreement will end.
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It is sometimes said that we drink our religion with our mother’s milk.
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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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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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A human-being is not a human-being while his tendencies include self-indulgence, covetousness, temper and attacking other people.
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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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Do not allow your heart to take pleasure with the praises of people, nor be saddened by their condemnation.
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The happiness of the drop is to die in the river.
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