A wise man's question contains half the answer.
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As long as a word remains unspoken, you are it's master once you utter it, you are it's slave.
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Dive into the sea of thought, and find there pearls beyond price.
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1. During civil disturbance adopt such an attitude that people do not attach any importance to you - they neither burden you with complicated affairs, nor try to derive any advantage out of you.
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The light that cometh from her (wisdom) never goeth out
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2. He who is greedy is disgraced; he who discloses his hardship will always be humiliated; he who has no control over his tongue will often have to face discomfort.
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Whoever takes someone's property, or uses him for forced labor, or presses an unjustified claim upon him. It should be known that this is what the Lawgiver had in mind when he forbade injustice.
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Live amongst people in such a manner that if you die they weep over you and if you are alive they crave for your company.
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If you overpower your enemy, then pardon him by way of thankfulness to Allah, for being able to subdue him.
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He who is greedy is disgraced; he who discloses his hardship will always be humiliated; he who has no control over his tongue will often have to face discomfort.
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The best kind of wealth is to give up inordinate desires.
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Man is a wonderful creature; he sees through the layers of fat (eyes), hears through a bone (ears) and speaks through a lump of flesh (tongue).
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Be generous but not extravagant, be frugal but not miserly.
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He who has a thousand friends has not a friend to spare,
And he who has one enemy will meet him everywhere.
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A wise man first thinks and then speaks and a fool speaks first and then thinks.
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Unfortunate is he who cannot gain a few sincere friends during his life and more unfortunate is the one who has gained them and then lost them (through his deeds).
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Be afraid of a gentleman when he is hungry, and of a mean person when his stomach is full.
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He who has a thousand friends has not a friend to spare, And he who has one enemy will meet him everywhere.
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Your secret is your prisoner; once you reveal it, you become its slave.
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A man's measure is his will.
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My friend is he who will tell me my faults in private.
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Plan for this world as if you expect to live forever; but plan for the hereafter as if you expect to die tomorrow.
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