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.

How often it is that a small action becomes great by its intention. And how often it is that a great action becomes small by its intention.

I love the saliheen (pious people) even though I’m not one of them, and I hate the taliheen (evil people) even though I (may be) worse than them.

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

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.

The beginning of knowledge is the intention, then listening, then understanding, then action, then preservation, and then spreading it.

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