"It is offensive that there should be seen in the outward appearance of man more humility than what is in his heart."

"Only the fearful one sees the fearful. It is the mother without her child who likes to see other mourning mothers."

"The scholars of the Merciful possess humility and submissiveness and the scholars of the rulers possess pride and arr…"

"Submit to the Truth; obey it and accept it from whoever says it, this is submissiveness."

"God revealed to the mountain, I will speak a prophet upon one of you; so the mountains raised themselves high is prid…"

"Satisfaction is better than asceticism in this world because one who is satisfied never wishes for anything beyond hi…"

"Five of the signs of wretchedness in a man are: Hardness in the hearts, severity in the eyes, paucity of shame, desir…"

"Fudayl preferred seclusion to all the things of the world. World's renunciation for him, is a gift of God, granted to…"

"About solitude, he says: when night comes I become happy that I am alone, and I become one with God, without separati…"

"On the Day of Judgement many a rich will suffer imprisonment and the office-holders of the world will have a terrible…"