12 Quotes by Abdullah ibn Mubarak

If you desire the path of sincerity, develop a love for obscurity. Flee from the clatter and clinks of fame. Be like the roots of a tree; it keeps the tree upright and gives it life, but it itself is hidden underneath the earth and eyes cannot see it.

I spent thirty years learning manners, and I spent twenty years learning knowledge.

The beginning of knowledge is the intention, then listening, then understanding, then action, then preservation, and then spreading it.

I love the saliheen (pious people) even though I’m not one of them, and I hate the taliheen (evil people) even though I (may be) worse than them.

Perhaps a great deed is belittled by an intention. And perhaps a small deed, by sincere intention, is made great

Sins slowly suffocate the heart, and abandoning sins brings life to the heart.

We are a people in more need of a little character than we are in need of an abundance of knowledge.

How often it is that a small action becomes great by its intention. And how often it is that a great action becomes small by its intention.

O man! Prepare yourself for the Hereafter, obey Allah to the extent of your need for Him and anger Him to the extent of your patience in Hell.