To get what you love, you must first be patient with what you hate.

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.

If those who do not possess knowledge avoid the scholarly discussions, disagreement will end.

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.

Never have I dealt with anything more difficult than my own soul, which sometimes helps me and sometimes opposes me.

There are two kinds of Riya - Showing off-Ostentation ie pure ostentation and adulterated ostention. In pure ostentation "Riya" a man does a good deed only for worldly benefit. In Adulterated ostentation, a man does a good deed with the intention of reaping the benefits of the world as well as of the Hereafter.

Does money upset the hearts of learned men? He answered, "men whose hearts are changed by money are not learned"