اعلم أيها المعتكف في كهف العقل أن من وراء كهف العقل آفاقاً للتفكير أوسع بكثير ، العقل إليها ، كالحس إلى العقل. وأن السعادة كلها في أن يملك الرجل نفسه،… - Al-Ghazali

السعادة كلها في أن يملك الرجل نفسه، والشقاوة كلها في أن تملكه نفسه.

The proximity between the counterfeit and the good coin does not make the good coin counterfeit nor the counterfeit good. In the same way the proximity between truth and falsehood does not make truth falsehood nor falsehood truth.

Another sign of the learned man of the hereafter is that he keeps himself distant from the ruling authorities and avoids their company, because this world is sweet, ever-new and its bridle is in their hands. He who comes near them is not free from their pleasures and harms. They are mostly unjust and do not obey the advices of the learned men. The learned man who frequents them will look to their grandeurs and then think God's gift upon him as insignificant. To keep company with the rulers is the key to evils.

Therefore if a man has in his heart that love to God which the Law enjoins, it is perfectly lawful, nay, laudable in him to take part in exercises which promote it.