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“The one whose concern is with that
which enters the belly will discover that his value is found in that
which goes out of it.”
― Abu Hamid al-Ghazali

“The hadith states that the second sign of wretchedness is a lack of modesty or shame. Among the words revealed to humanity are, “If you feel no shame, do what you will.”
― Hamza Yusuf, Purification of the Heart: Signs, Symptoms and Cures of the Spiritual Diseases of the Heart

“The days are long, but the years are short.”
― Gretchen Rubin, The Happiness Project

“Wit is educated insolence.”
― Aristotle

“Be slow to fall into friendship, but when you are in, continue firm and constant.”
― Socrates

“From the deepest desires often come the deadliest hate.”
― Socrates

“The misuse of language induces evil in the soul”
― Socrates

“Be like the flower that gives its fragrance to even the hand that crushes it.”
― Imam Ali

“The group with it's impurities is better than sectarianism with it's purity.”
― Imam Ali Ibn Abi Talib

“Pardon My Sanity In A World Insane”
― Emily Dickinson

“Women are not difficult; but they are difficult to understand.
Men are not easy; but they are easy to understand.”
― Abdal Hakim Murad

“It is better to be a naïve believer than an intellectual bereft of intuition.”
― Abdal Hakim Murad

“Hand the secular Arab a glass of urine, and tell him that it is wine. He will not only pretend to enjoy it, he will enjoy it.”
― Abdal Hakim Murad

“In the restaurant of life, the false Salafi can do no more than eat the menu.”
― Abdal Hakim Murad

“All people on the planet are children, except for a very few. No one is grown up except those free of desire.”
― Mawlana Jalal-al-Din Rumi

“There are lovers content with longing.
I’m not one of them.”
― Mawlana Jalal-al-Din Rumi

“I once had a thousand desires. But in my one desire to know you all else melted away.”
― Rumi

“The lion is most handsome when looking for food.”
― Mawlana Jalal-al-Din Rumi

“Try something different. Surrender.”
― Rumi