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.

To completely trust in Allah is to be like a child who knows deeply that even if he does not call for the mother, the mother is totally aware of his condition and is looking after him.

A human-being is not a human-being while his tendencies include self-indulgence, covetousness, temper and attacking other people

Desires make slaves out of kings and patience makes kings out of slaves.

Do not allow your heart to take pleasure with the praises of people, nor be saddened by their condemnation.

Knowledge exists potentially in the human soul like the seed in the soil; by learning the potential becomes actual.

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