The Prophets and the Imams have not come to ask people not to benefit from the world at all; rather they have come to show us the manner of acquiring this world along with prosperity and honor. ...

May it be such that we can recognize a job beneficial for ourselves and find stability in it, and remain steadfast in it, and not have a new thought and idea every day. ...

We must take lessons from the past generations in that we too, like them, are close to death; and we should not be under the false impression that the four days of our remaining life would be four hundred thousand years! ...

God has created Man in such a way that he can step higher than the rank of angels through sincere servitude, and acquire the ranks of the prophets and close servants of God. ...

Any path that a man takes without adhering to the Qur’an and Sunnah, will lead him to a continuous decline. ...

Man is worse than satan in his decent and better than angels in his ascent. ...

Those who had a little spirituality did not go after miracles. ...

Why would one who is blessed with spirituality and ma‘rifah (cognizance of God) need alchemy?! What alchemy is greater than the cognizance of God? ...

The basis of servitude is love; God Almighty says, “God loves them and they love God.”[Surah al-Ma’idah (5): 54]     ...

We ourselves prepare the causes of danger, heedlessness, and forgetfulness of the remembrance of God almighty. The defects of our acts become apparent as a result of muraqabah (attentive observation) and muhasabah (reckoning). ...