There are eight levels of charity.... The highest is when you strengthen a man's hand until he need no longer be dependent upon others.

Do not imagine that these most difficult problems can be thoroughly understood by any one of us.

For every force charged by God, may He be exalted, with some business is an angel put in charge.

Nobody is ever impoverished through the giving of charity.

Now, we occupy a lowly position, both in space and rank in comparison with the heavenly sphere, and the Almighty is Most High not in space, but with respect to absolute existence, greatness and power.

He who does not understand that a dead lion is more alive than a living dog will remain a dog.

Know that for the human mind there are certain objects of perception which are within the scope of its nature and capacity; on the other hand, there are, amongst things which actually exist, certain objects which the mind can in no way and by no means grasp: the gates of perception are closed against it.