I spent thirty years learning manners, and I spent twenty years learning knowledge."

~ 'Abdullāh bin al-Mubārak (rahimahullah)

I have seen wrong actions killing hearts, and their degradation may lead to their becoming addicted to them. Turning away from wrong actions gives life to the hearts, and opposing yourself is best for it.”

(Abdullaah Ibn Al-Mubarak)

It is reported that Al-Hasan Al-Basrî often used to say, “O youth! Seek the hereafter, for we often see people pursuing the hereafter and finding it as well as the dunyâ (worldly wellbeing), but we have never seen anyone pursue the dunyâ and gain the hereafter as well as the dunyâ.”

Al-Bayhaqî, Al-Zuhd Al-Kabîr, article 12.

It is reported that Sufyân Al-Thawrî – Allâh have mercy on him – said, “Wealth is the disease of this Ummah, and the scholar is the doctor of this Ummah. So if the doctor brings the disease to himself, how will he cure the people?”

Al-Dhahabî, Siyar A’lâm Al-Nubalâ`, Vol. 7 p243.

Never have I dealt with anything more difficult than my own soul, which sometimes helps me and sometimes opposes me.

Imam Al-Ghazali

This whole religion revolves around knowing the truth and acting by it, and action must be accompanied by patience.

Shaykh al-Islam ibn Taymiyyah

"If I remained silent and you remained silent, then who will teach the ignorant?".

Ahmad Ibn Hanbal

"How often it is that a small action becomes great by its intention, and how often it is that a great action becomes small by its intention."

— Abdullah Ibn Mubarak

Sufyân b. ‘Uyainah – Allah have mercy on him – said: The first step in knowledge is to listen, then to be quiet and attentive, then to preserve it, then to put it into practice and then to spread it.

Reference: Abû Nu’aym, Hilyah Al-Awliyâ` Vol.3 p283.

"How sweet Eman is when it's beautified with Knowledge. And how sweet Knowledge is when it's beautified with Implementation. And how sweet Implementation is when it's beautified with Kindness. The greatest pair of things is Implementation coupled with Kindness."

Go easy on yourself, for the outcome of all affairs is determined by God’s decree. If something is meant to go elsewhere, it will never come your way, but if it is yours by destiny, from you it cannot flee

– Umar bin al Khattab [Radi-Allahu anhu]