"Desires make slaves out of kings and patience……" — Al-Ghazali
"Desires make slaves out of kings and patience makes kings out of slaves."
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52 Quotes by Al-Ghazali
Al-Ghazali has 52 quotes on this site.
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Declare your jihad on thirteen enemies you cannot see - Egoism, Arrogance, Conceit, Selfishness, Greed, Lust, Intolerance, Anger, Lying, Cheating,…
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The way to paradise is an uphill climb whereas hell is downhill. Hence, there is a struggle to get to…
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Only that which cannot be lost in a shipwreck is yours.
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Whoever passes forty without his virtue overpowering his vice, let him get ready for hellfire. This advice contains enough for…
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It is sometimes said that we drink our religion with our mother's milk.
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Work for your terrestrial life in proportion to your location in it, and work for your afterlife in proportion to…
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Does money upset the hearts of learned men? He answered, "men whose hearts are changed by money are not learned"
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The hypocrite looks for faults; the believer looks for excuses.
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If your busy with yourself now, you will be busy with yourself then. If you are busy with Allah now,…
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If those who do not possess knowledge avoid the scholarly discussions, disagreement will end.
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In the intricate paths of life when difficulties and hardships confront a man, and the darkness of difficulty and suffering…
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No one who possesses snow would find any hardship in exchanging it for jewels and pearls. This world is like…
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More Desire Quotes
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Dedicate yourself to the good you deserve and desire for yourself. Give yourself peace of mind. You deserve to be…
— Hannah Arendt
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The ultimate end of human acts is eudaimonia, happiness in the sense of living well, which all men desire; all…
— Hannah Arendt
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I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over…
— Aristotle
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All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsions, habit, reason, passion, desire.
— Aristotle
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All men by nature desire knowledge.
— Aristotle
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Bring your desires down to your present means. Increase them only when your increased means permit.
— Aristotle
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The beginning of reform is not so much to equalize property as to train the noble sort of natures not…
— Aristotle
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Listen to what you know instead of what you fear.
— Richard Bach
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Mystery creates wonder and wonder is the basis of man's desire to understand.
— Neil Armstrong
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I was a supporter of the desire, in my section of Nigeria, to leave the federation because it was treated…
— Chinua Achebe
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Do you wish to be great? Then begin by being. Do you desire to construct a vast and lofty fabric?…
— Saint Augustine
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Blessedness consists in the accomplishment of our desires, and in our having only regular desires.
— Saint Augustine
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