A good friend and a bad friend are like a perfume-seller and a blacksmith: The perfume-seller might give you some perfume as a gift, or you might buy some from him, or at least you might smell its fragrance. As for the blacksmith, he might singe your clothes, and at the very least you will breathe in the fumes of the furnace.

The strong is not the one who is physically powerful, but indeed, the one who controls himself when angry.

The worldly comforts are not for me. I am like a traveler, who takes rest under a tree in the shade and then goes on his way.

The most excellent Jihad is that for the conquest of self.

No child can repay his father unless he finds him enslaved and then buys him and sets him free.

Whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day, let him say something good or keep quiet.

Anyone who has property that exceed his needs, let him support someone whose property does not (meet his or her needs), and anyone whose food exceeds his needs, let him share it with someone who does not have food.