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

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

The hypocrite looks for faults; the believer looks for excuses.

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

Each of your breaths is a priceless jewel, since each of them is irreplaceable and once gone, can never be retrieved.

Whoever says that all music is prohibited, let him also claim that the songs of birds are prohibited.

Man's nature is made up of four elements, which produce in him four attributes, namely, the beastly, the brutal, the satanic, and the divine. In man there is something of the pig, the dog, the devil, and the saint.