Sitting with the poor and less fortunate people removes the ego and pride from your heart.

The soul will never become pious and purified except through undergoing afflictions. It is the same as gold that can never be pure except after removing all the base metals in it.

There is no captive in a worse state than the one who is captivated by his worst enemy (Shaytan) and there is no prison which is tighter than the prison of hawa (desire) and there is no bond/fetter more strong than the bond of desire. How, then, will a heart which is captivated, imprisoned and fettered travel unto Allah and the Home of the Hereafter?

There is no joy for the one who does not bear sadness, there is no sweetness for the one who does not have patience, there is no delight for the one who does not suffer, and there is no relaxation for the one who does not endure fatigue.

Be to Allah as He wishes, and He will be to you more than you can wish for.

And verily for everything that a slave loses there is a substitute, but the one who loses Allah will never find anything to replace Him.

Whoever desires to purify his heart, then let him prefer Allah to his desires