“How many lessons there are and how little they are taken.”

The one who has no control over his desires has no control over his mind.

There are three signs of a knowledgeable person: knowledge, forbearance and silence.

Do for this life as if you live forever, do for the afterlife as if you die tomorrow.

Always consider your intellect to be lacking; otherwise too much faith in it surely leads to error.

A hopeless man sees difficulties in every chance, but a hopeful person sees chances in every difficulty.

Think positively, no matter how hard life is.

Where there is haste, there must be mistake.

A friend cannot be considered a friend until he is tested in three occasions: in time of need, behind your back, and after your death.

He who understands humanity seeks solitude.

People’s hearts are like wild animals. They attach their selves to those that love and train them.

Do not take someone’s silence as his pride, perhaps he is busy fighting with his self.

A moment of patience in a moment of anger prevents a thousand moments of regret.

He lives as though death shall never come to him – but dies in a way as if he were never born.

The nourishment of body is food, while the nourishment of the soul is feeding others.

Contentment is a wealth that is never exhausted.

To make one good action succeed another, is the perfection of goodness.