36. "I looked at my friends, and I did not find a better friend than safeguarding my tongue. I thought about all the outfits, but I did not find a better outfit than piety." [Umar al-Farouq r.a.]
37. "Generosity is the protector of good reputations, while knowledge is the silencer of fools. The most noble wealth is to give up objects of desire." [Ali bin Abi Thalib r.a.]
38. "To know with certainty that you will never receive less than what was destined for you is the essence of reliance upon Allah." [Abu al-Hasan Bushaikhi]
39. "The tongue is a wild beast; when it is let loose, it wounds." [Ali bin Abi Thalib r.a.]
40. "What you love to have with you in the Hereafter you should advance today, and what you hate to have with you, you should abandon today." [Salman ibn Dinar]
41. "Remembrance (dhikr) is the sign of the thankful believer. In this world the invokers face and heart are covered with beauty and happiness; and in the Hereafter his face is whiter and more luminous than the moon." [Ibn Athoillah]
42. "The excellence of knowledge lies in its practice; and the excellence of kindness to others lies in mentioning it not." [Ali bin Abi Thalib r.a.]
43. "Reflection is the lamp of the heart, if it departs the heart will have no light." [Imam al Haddad]
44. "It is incumbent on a man to dive deep into the sea of love; if the wave of love lands him on the shore of favor, he has attained the highest achievement." [Imam al-Ghazali]
45. "Time for love is very short in this world, where do people find time to fill it with so much hate." [Shaykh Zulfiqar Ahmad]
46. "Hidden creatures good and bad always touch the heart. The touch of the angel is inspiration; Satanic touches temptations untold. Tarry with patience until your confusion is resolved and you know whom you rejected and who became the leader of your heart." [Mawlana Jalaluddin Rumi]
47. "Come to realize your own qualities and He will lead you to know His. Come to realize your weakness and He will lead you to His strength." [Ibn Athoillah al-Iskandari]
48. "If you do enough dhikr you will not get stressed. If you are getting stressed you are not doing enough dhikr." [Shaykh Hamza Yusuf]
49. "The greatest achievement of your character is that the enmity of your brother against you dare not overcome the consideration and friendship you feel toward him, and his ill-treatment of you cannot over balance your kind treatment to him." [Ali bin Abi Thalib]
50. Get zeal in respect of the spirit, for your destination is the grave, and the people of the graves expect you at any moment to meet up with them. Beware, beware lest you meet up with them without provision! [Imam al-Ghazali]
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