"Renunciation of the world is reduction of hope for worldly gain, not eating coarse foods or wearing a rough cloak."

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“He who spends life in remoteness is much better, for it was the practice of the foremost saintly people. They liked to live comely instead of grandeur.”

“Worse than sin against God is sin against man.”

“There is a punishment for all things. The punishments for the gnostic is to be cut off from His remembrance.”

“I have never seen anything easier than abstaining. Whatever yourself devises, abandon it.”

“I fear to accept anything from anybody lest my heart should start cherishing love for that person. I desire only to live in His thoughts.”

“Someone asked: "What is meaning of certainty? " He replied, it is the name of inner voice, and the folk of certainty arrive at the gnosis. And the meaning of certainty is that every affliction be considered sent by Allah.”

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