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... and above every lord of knowledge there is one who knows more.

— The Qur'an, Surah Yusuf, Ayah 76 (12:76)

Hast thou not seen how God sets forth a similitude? A good word is like a good tree, its roots firm in the ground and its branches reaching out into the sky.

— The Qur'an, Surah Ibrahîm , Ayah 24 (14:24)

And let your communication be: Yea, yeah Nay, nay; for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil.

— Matthew, 5:37

The way of the seeker is hopelessness, the faith of the seeker in hopefulness. This life is full of triviality and it is completely devoid of essentiality. So look beyond this life, O being of primordiality; Seek the hereafter, for in Tr…

— Poems of a servant. Jumada al ula, 1440

Whoever is slow to anger has great understanding, but one who has a hasty temper exalts folly. A tranquil mind gives life to the flesh, but passion makes the bones rot.

— Proverbs 14:29-30. Quoted from By Way of the Desert.

If you become angry when you are admonishing someone, you are satisfying your own passions. Do not lose yourself while attempting to save someone else.

— Macarius of Egypt. Quoted from By Way of the Desert

A hermit said, 'Satan has three powers that lead us into all sins: forgetfulness, negligence, selfish desire. If forgetfulness comes, the result is negligence, and negligence is the source of selfish desire. Selfish desire will be our do…

— Quoted from By Way of the Desert

He whose soul melteth not away like snow in the hand of religion, in his hand religion like snow away doth melt.

— Sufi saying. Quoted from a Sufi Saint of the Twentieth Century by Dr. Martin Lings