Ibn al-Qayyim al-Jawziyyah

"Fear and hope are like the two wings of a bird. If they are balanced, the flight will be balanced."

"Knowledge is not what is memorised. Knowledge is what benefits."

"Patience is of three kinds: patience in performing acts of obedience to Allah, patience in refraining from what Allah has forbidden, and patience in accepting the decrees of Allah."

"The heart becomes sick just as the body becomes sick, and its cure is repentance and protecting it, just as the body's cure is in medicine and protecting it from harm."

"The remembrance of death is the key to spiritual success."

"Gratitude for a blessing is itself a blessing, for which further gratitude is due."

"Guard your time more jealously than your wealth."

"Night prayer is the honour of the believer."

"The more knowledge increases, the more one's humility and fear of Allah increases."

"How can the heart travel to Allah while it is chained by its desires?"

"Repentance is the foundation of a believer's life. He is always in the state of repentance from the moment he wakes until the moment he sleeps."

"If you were to rely upon Allah with the reliance He deserves, you would be provided for as the birds are provided for — they go out hungry in the morning and return full in the evening."

"Whoever sees all things as being from Allah will find rest for his heart."

"The root of all hardheartedness is preoccupation with the dunya and long hopes."

"Whosoever desires to purify his heart, then let him prefer Allah over his desires."

"Adorn yourself with the character of Allah."

"Whoever frequently remembers death, few things will concern him and his heart will be illuminated."

"Do not look at the smallness of the sin, but look at the greatness of the One you have disobeyed."