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.

Half of disbelief in Allah in the world is caused by people who make religion look ugly due to their bad conduct and ignorance

The happiness of the drop is to die in the river.

Those who look for seashells will find seashells; those who open them will find pearls.

A man of bad character punishes his own soul.

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.

You must convince your heart that whatever Allah has decreed is most appropriate and most beneficial for you.