The holder of authority is like the rider on a lion - he is envied for his position, but he well knows his position.

Two things define you: your patience when you have nothing and your attitude when you have everything.

I was not created to be occupied by eating delicious foods like tied up cattle.

He who busies himself with things other than improvement of his own self becomes perplexed in darkness and entangled in ruin. His evil spirits immerse him deep in vices and make his bad actions seem handsome.

A poor man is like a foreigner in his own country.

Do not share the knowledge with which you have been blessed with everyone in general, as you do with some people in particular; and know that there are some men in whom Allah, may He be glorified, has placed hidden secrets, which they are forbidden to reveal.