You possess only whatever will not be lost in a ship wreck.

A man of bad character punishes his own soul.

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

People count with self-satisfaction the number of times they have recited the name of God on their prayer beads, but they keep no beads for reckoning the number of idle words they speak.

It is sometimes said that we drink our religion with our mother's milk.

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.

Whoever determines the truth from people alone will remain lost in the plains of bewilderment. Rather, know the truth, and you will know its people.