al-Imām Muḥammad al-Ghazālī

Live as long as you want, but you must die; love whatever you want, but you will become separated from it; and do what you want, but you will be repaid for it.

— Imām Muḥammad al-Ġazālīy رَحْمَةُ الله عليه

Action without knowledge is vanity. Knowledge without action is insanity.

— Imām Muḥammad al-Ġazālīy رَحْمَةُ الله عليه

To get what you love, you must first learn to be patient with what you hate.

— Imām Muḥammad al-Ġazālīy رَحْمَةُ الله عليه

… who first is well-versed in tradition and knowledge and then becomes a Sufi has, indeed, achieved felicity, and he, who is a Sufi before being acquainted with tradition and knowledge has, indeed, put himself in danger.

— Ihya Ulūm al-Dīn, Imām Ġazālīy رحمة الله عليه