You possess only whatever will not be lost in a ship wreck.
AL-GHAZALIDo 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.
More Al-Ghazali Quotes
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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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Knowledge exists potentially in the human soul like the seed in the soil; by learning the potential becomes actual.
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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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The mere physical man is like the ant crawling on the paper, who observes black lettering and attributes its production to the pen and nothing more.
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A man of bad character punishes his own soul.
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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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Understand that for every rule which I have mentioned from the Quran, the Devil has one to match it, which he puts beside the proper rule to cause error.
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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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Offen love between two people intensifies not because of beauty or some advantage, but because of sheer spiritual affinity.
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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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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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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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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 happiness of the drop is to die in the river.
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If those who do not possess knowledge avoid the scholarly discussions, disagreement will end.
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