Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyya

Happiness is attained by three things: being patient when tested, being thankful when receiving a blessing, and being repentant upon sinning.

The keys to the life of the heart lie in reflecting upon the Quran, being humble before Allah in secret, and leaving sins.

As long as you are performing prayer, you are knocking at the door of Allah, and whoever is knocking at the door of Allah, Allah will open it for him.

Satan rejoiced when Adam (peace be upon him) came out of Paradise, but he did not know that when a diver sinks into the sea, he collects pearls and then rises again.

One of the most beneficial of remedies is persisting in du’a.

The heart becomes sick, as the body becomes sick, and its remedy is al-Tawbah (repentance) and protection [from transgression]. It becomes rusty as a mirror becomes rusty, and its clarity is obtained by remembrance. It becomes naked as the body becomes naked, and its beautification is al-Taqwa. It becomes hungry and thirsty as the body becomes hungry, and its food and drink are knowledge, love, dependence, repentance and servitude.

Whoever desires to purify his heart, then let him prefer Allah to his desires

Everything that is loved, if it is not loved for His sake then this love is nothing but distress and punishment. Every action that is not performed for His sake then it is wasted and severed. Every heart that does not reach Him is wretched; veiled from achieving its success and happiness.

The perfection of Tawheed is found when there remains nothing in the heart except Allaah

There are no means of attaining faith and certainty except through the Qur'an.

There are six stages to knowledge: Firstly: Asking questions in a good manner. Secondly: Remaining quiet and listening attentively. Thirdly: Understanding well. Fourthly: Memorising. Fifthly: Teaching. Sixthly- and it is its fruit: Acting upon the knowledge and keeping to its limits.

Love of Allah is the power of the heart, the sustenance of the heart, the light of the heart.

From the perfection of Allah's ihsan is that He allows His slave to taste the bitterness of the break before the sweetness of the mend. So He does not break his believing slave, except to mend him. And He does not withhold from him, except to give him. And He does not test him (with hardship), except to cure him.

O you, who spends his lifetime disobeying his Lord, no one amongst your enemies is wicked to you more than you are to yourself

Allah will never humiliate the one who takes his Lord as friend and patron.

As long as one is following the right way, one should never be concerned about the reproaches of those who like to find faults.

Wasting time is worse than death, because death separates you from this world whereas wasting time separates you from Allah

Patience is that the heart does not feel anger towards that which is destined and that the mouth does not complain.

There is no captive in a worse state than the one who is captivated by his worst enemy (Shaytan) and there is no prison which is tighter than the prison of hawa (desire) and there is no bond/fetter more strong than the bond of desire. How, then, will a heart which is captivated, imprisoned and fettered travel unto Allah and the Home of the Hereafter?

Whoever mocks his brother for a sin they repented from will not die till he himself falls into the same sin.

And if a person were given all of the world and what is in it, it would not fill his emptiness.