'Alms in secret extinguish the wrath of the Lord' means you are so immersed in sincerity and in preserving that sincerity that you have no pleasure in giving alms.

Nothing kills the soul that commands to evil (Nafs al Ammarra) like seeing the beauty of the heart.

If parts are always changing, the whole remains the same. A dead good man is replaced by a good man, a dead bad man is replaced by a bad man. While the whole remains the same, every day is different.

Love is a travel. All travelers whether they want or not are changed. No one can travel into love and remain the same.

The past is a fog on our minds. The future? A complete dream. We can't neither guess the future, neither change the past.

Instead of resisting to changes, surrender. Let life be with you, not against you. If you think ‘My life will be upside down’ don’t worry. How do you know down is not better than upside?

Being the companion of the folk of this world is fire. There must be an Abraham if the fire is not going to burn [you].