The king who seeks company of the ascetics is superior to that ascetic who seeks nearness of the king. - Sufyan al-Thawri

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.

Moaning and wailing have ten kinds of which nine are full of showoff and only one kind is full of reality.

Five souls are the most dignified in creation: a scholar who is not self-indulgent (moderate), a Sufi jurisprudent, a humble rich person, a thankful poor one, and a noble who follows the Sunnah.