Never have I dealt with anything more difficult than my own soul, which sometimes helps me and sometimes opposes me.
AL-GHAZALIWhoever says that all music is prohibited, let him also claim that the songs of birds are prohibited.
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You possess only whatever will not be lost in a ship wreck.
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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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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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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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Knowledge exists potentially in the human soul like the seed in the soil; by learning the potential becomes actual.
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Knowledge without action is wastefulness and action without knowledge is foolishness.
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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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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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If you do not prepare now for the Afterlife, then when will you do so?
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Desires make slaves out of kings and patience makes kings out of slaves.
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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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Those who look for seashells will find seashells; those who open them will find pearls.
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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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Offen love between two people intensifies not because of beauty or some advantage, but because of sheer spiritual affinity.
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The hypocrite looks for faults; the believer looks for excuses.
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