"Earning of livelihood by following some profession is better than living on charity."

Hadhrat Umar Radhiallahu Anhu

Galenus saw a fool hanging on with his hands to the collar of a learned man and insulting him, whereon he said: 'If he were learned he would not have come to this pass with an ignorant man.'

Two wise men do not contend and quarrel
Nor does a scholar fight with a contemptible fellow.
If an ignorant man in his rudeness speaks harshly
An intelligent man tenderly reconciles his heart.
Two pious men keep a hair between them untorn
And so does a mild with a headstrong man.
If however both sides are fools
If there be a chain they will snap it.
An ill-humoured man insulted someone.
He bore it and replied: 'O man of happy issue,
I am worse than thou canst say that I am
Because I know thou art not aware of my faults as I am.

SADI

"When Muslims are disunited, they will falter in their faith and will become bereft of their inherent strength."

Hadhrat Uthmaan Radhiallahu Anhu

A wise man was once asked: "Which thing is to be hoarded?" He replied: "That thing which will remain with you even if your boat capsizes, that is knowledge."

The Holy Prophet Sallallahu Alyhi Wa Sallam said: "If a man seeks the path of acquiring knowledge, Allah guides him to a path leading to Paradise." He said: "Angels spread their wings out of cheer for the seeker of knowledge." He said: "To rise up at dawn and learn a section of knowledge is better for you than to pray one hundred Rak'ats." He said: "If a man learns a chapter of knowledge, it is better than the world and its contents."

Ihyaa

"Patience and faith bear the same relation in a human being. Like a head is attached to the body (and a body cannot be without a head) so there can be no faith without patience."

Hadhrat Ali Radhiallahu Anhu

Nobody is born learned. Learning is to be acquired. Ibn Abbas Radhiallahu Anhu said: "To discuss about learning in a portion of night is dearer to me than to keep up awake throughout the night in prayer."

Allah advised us to pray thus: "0 Lord, give us good in this world and good in the hereafter - 2: 297. In explaining 'good' in this verse, Hasan Basari Rahimahullah said that it means Knowledge so far as this world is concerned and Paradise so far as the hereafter is concerned.

Imaam Ghazali Rahimahullah

"He who has any public responsibility should perform his duties without caring [about] criticism."

Hadhrat Umar Radhiallahu Anhu

On the authority of Bukayr or Abu Bukayr that Ibrahim at-Taymee said:

"The one who is not afflicted with sadness and grief should fear being from the people of the Fire because the people of Paradise will say "All praises and thanks be to Allah, who has removed from us grief" (35:34)

Four things increase wisdom-to give up useless talk, to cleanse the teeth, to keep company with the learned and the pious men.

Four things appertain to divine service-to take steps with ablution, to prolong prostration, to keep attached to the Masjid and to recite the Quran much.

Ihyaa

And marry those among you who are single (i.e. a man who has no wife and the woman who has no husband) and (also marry) the Salihun (pious, fit and capable ones) of your (male) slaves and maid-servants (female slaves). If they be poor, Allah will enrich them out of His Bounty. And Allah is All-Sufficent for His creatures' needs, All-Knowing (about the state of the people).

[an-Nur 24:32]

"The highest degree in faith is that you [will] always regard yourself in the presence of Allah."

Hadhrat Uthmaan Radhiallaahu Anhu.

"Disease and sins: Disease sheds sin just [like a] tree sheds its dead leaves."

Hadhrat Ali Radhiallaahu Anhu

Arab Poet (unknown)

“Both we and you will die, And the true loser at the time of reckoning is he who will then feel sorry.”

"Do not depend upon the morality of a person until you have seen him behave while in anger."

Hadhrat Umar Radhiallaahu Anhu

Hudhayfah said: “A time will come upon you where none will be saved except those who supplicate as if they are drowning.”

Ibn Abi Shaybah also reported that Abu Hurayrah said: “There will be a fitnah such that nothing can rescue you from it except to supplicate as if you are drowning.”