Your nafs (soul/desires) is your first battlefield. If you are victorious over it, then you will find the other battlefields easier.
Hassan al-BannaThe civilization of the West, which was brilliant by virtue of its scientific perfection for a long time, and which subjugated the whole world with the products of this science to its states and nations, is now bankrupt and in decline.
Hassan al-BannaIf you suffer [death] in the way of God, it will be your profit in this world, and your reward in the next.
Hassan al-BannaWe need spirited, energetic and strong young people whose hearts are filled with life, enthusiasm, zeal and dynamism; whose souls are full of ambition, aspiration and vigor and have great goals, rising and aspiring to reach them until they eventually arrive at their destination.
Hassan al-Banna