Shaqiq al-Balkhi

"There are three things which a man in bound to practice. Whosoever neglects any one of them must need neglect them all, and whosoever cleaves to any one of them much needs cleave to them all. Strive t…"

"For the gnostic of God it is highly irksome to sit and talk with the created beings."

"Defer not the date of repentance for sins and confession in the hope of grace or longevity of life."

"If you desire purification of the heart then shut your eye from the corporeal world. This is the hole through which heart is defiled."

"When once death has arrived, it does not return. So ever remain ready for it."

"God hath made the pious living in their death and hath made the wicked dead during their lives, i.e., the pious, though they be dead, yet live, since the angels utter blessings on their piety until th…"

"Whoever comes to repent before death is not late."

"Intelligent person, in true sense is that who abdicates the world before it deserts him."