Conduct yourself in this world as if you are here to stay forever, and yet prepare for eternity as if you are to die tomorrow.

A man asked Muhammad what was the mark whereby he might know the reality of his faith. Muhammad said, 'If thou derive pleasure from the good which thou hast performed and thou be grieved for the evil which thou hast committed, thou art a true believer.' The man said. 'In what doth a fault really consist' Muhammad said, 'when action pricketh thy conscience, forsake it.'

The worst of guardians is a cruel ruler. Beware of becoming one of them.

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 space of the bow of any one of you in Paradise is better than all that the sun rises upon.

You will not enter paradise until you have faith. And you will not complete your faith until you love one another.

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.