"The soul should take care of the body,……" — Al-Ghazali
"The soul should take care of the body, just as the pilgrim on his way to Makkah takes care of his camel; but if the pilgrim spends his whole time in feeding and adorning his camel, the caravan will leave him behind, and he will perish in the desert."
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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 Adorning Quotes
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It is not your outward appearance that you should beautify, but your soul, adorning it with good works.
— Clement of Alexandria
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May you become as the waves of one sea, stars of the same heaven, fruits adorning the same tree, roses…
— Abdu'l-Bahá
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To slaughter grand and beautiful creatures like these tuskers, whether terrestrial or marine, solely to obtain a few teeth indicates…
— Paul Watson
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What is commonest and cheapest and nearest and easiest is Me, Me going in for my chances, spending for vast…
— Walt Whitman
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It is right to love beauty and to desire it; but God desires us to love and seek first the…
— Ellen G. White
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The ancient Poets animated all sensible objects with Gods or Geniuses, calling them by the names and adorning them with…
— William Blake
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For a moment man is a boy, for a moment a lovesick youth, for a moment bereft of wealth, for…
— Bhartrhari
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Love like a phantoms lights but hold in the heart, it builds like the empty smile adorning a statue with…
— Dan Fogelberg
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Say: o brethren! Let deeds, not words, be your adorning.
— Bahá'u'lláh
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Dearer to me than the evening star A Packard car A Hershey bar Or a bride in her rich adorning…
— Jean Kerr
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If, for example, I saw my grandparents or my daughter for an instant, would I recognize them? Probably not, because…
— Isabel Allende
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The year's in wane; There is nothing adorning; The night has no eve, And the day has no morning; Cold…
— Thomas Hood
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