فالكِبر والعُجب داءان مهلكان، والمتكبّر والمعجب سقيمان مريضان، وهما عند الله ممقوتان بغيضان - Al-Ghazali

إن قصرت بصيرتك عن إدراك الجلال والكمال والميل إلى مطالعته والفرح به والعشق له، فلا تقصر عن الميل إلى المنعم المحسن إليك. ولا تكونن أقل من الكلب، فإنه يحب صاحبه الذي يحسن إليه

"Jesus (upon whom be peace!) saw the world revealed in the form of an ugly old hag. He asked her how many husbands she had possessed; she replied that they were countless. He asked whether they had died or been divorced; she said that she had slain them all. "I marvel", he said, "at the fools who see, what you have done to others, and still desire you.

Bonding and communicating are aspects of action — proof of the extent of transformation through attaining the goal that we had intended. The power to bond with others is an extraordinary human power. It comes in the true sense when bonding develops from the heart and not from either the intellect or the passions. It comes from a deep love for one’s fellow human being and arises when we try to meet the needs of others before our own needs, much like a mother with her new born child.