There is no nobility with bad manners.

How strange and foolish is man. He looses his health in gaining wealth. Then to regain health he wastes his wealth. He ruins is present while worrying about his future - but weeps in the future by recalling his past. He lives as though death shall never come to him - but dies in a way as if he were never born.

"The best form of devotion to the service of Allah is not to make a show of it."

One who is mild rather than forceful has greater capacity for outreach.

Do not be too hard, lest you be broken; do not be too soft, lest you be squeezed.

To fight against one's desires is the greatest of all fights.

A person of riyaa (showing off) has three characteristics : He is lazy when alone, energetic when with others, and increases in his actions when he is praised while decreasing in them when he is criticized.