I spent thirty years learning manners, and I spent twenty years learning knowledge.

We are a people in more need of a little character than we are in need of an abundance of knowledge.

If you desire the path of sincerity, develop a love for obscurity. Flee from the clatter and clinks of fame. Be like the roots of a tree; it keeps the tree upright and gives it life, but it itself is hidden underneath the earth and eyes cannot see it.

I studied adab for thirty years and I studied knowledge for twenty years.

Sins slowly suffocate the heart, and abandoning sins brings life to the heart.

If i were to backbite against anyone, it would be about my parents for they have more right to my good deeds

O man! Prepare yourself for the Hereafter, obey Allah to the extent of your need for Him and anger Him to the extent of your patience in Hell.