Compared to the pleasure given by granting pardon, the pleasure given by exacting revenge is very faint indeed.
Hanbali Sunni Muslim preacher, orator, ascetic, mystic, sayyid, faqih, and theologian who was known for being the eponymous founder of the Qadiriyya tariqa (Sufi order) of Sufism.
Only great spirits experience the triumph of success.
The best means of taking revenge on a man is not to resemble that man.
The fly does not enter the mouth that is shut.
To be a great man is easier than being a good man.
To reach and pass by the goal is the same as not reaching it.
When someone rises high, he raises all spirits and this world too.
A thousand half-loves must be forsaken to take one whole heart home
Experience fails to teach where there is no desire to learn
Nothing hurts a good soul and a kind heart more than to live amongst people who cannot understand it
Those who are free of resentful thoughts surely find peace
He who hid well, lived well
Politicians are not born; they are excreted
Muslim Caliph, Muslim Scholar
Muslim Caliph, Muslim Scholar
Muslim Caliph, Muslim Scholar
Muslim Caliph, Muslim Scholar