I wonder at a man who loses hope of salvation when the door of repentance is open for him.

A man's behavior is the index of the man, and his discourse is the index of his understanding.

There is no capital more useful than intellect and wisdom, and there is no indigence more injurious than ignorance and unawareness.

The vision of the eye is limited; the vision of the heart transcends all barriers of time and space.

A wise man first thinks and then speaks and a fool speaks first and then thinks.

Knowledge is of two kinds: that which is absorbed and that which is heard. And that which is heard does not profit if it is not absorbed.

Whoever desires Paradise, proceeds towards goodness; whoever fears Hell, refrains from the impulses of passions; whoever believes firmly in death, detests wordly life; and whoever recognises the worldly life, the trials and tribulations (of life) become slight for him.