“I looked at all friends and did not find a better friend than safeguarding the tongue. I thought of all garments, but did not find a better garment than piety. I thought of all types of wealth, but did not find better wealth than contentment in little. I thought of all types of sustenance, but did not find a better sustenance than patience.”
—Umar Ibn Al-Khattab
“Go with this life behind you, and go with the next life
in front of you. Each life has its children, so be from the children of the Hereafter and be not from the children of this world.
Today are deeds without reckoning
and tomorrow is reckoning without deeds.”
–Ali bin Abi Talib