Ata-Allah Al-Iskandari (Hikam)
He made this world a place of worry, a mine with abundance of troubles, only to incite you to give it up.

Imam 'Ali
Child of Adam, you are nothing more than the addition of your days. One day passes, and you are cut down by a portion of yourself.

Ata-Allah Al-Iskandari (Hikam)
How can one put his hope in other that You, You which do not stop Your Benefits? How can one beseech another that You, You which did not cease showering us with Your kindness?

Hadith (Al Daraqtuni)
The believer is the one with whom one feels a link of intimacy. There is no good in someone who does not approach the others or does not let the others approach him. The best of the men are those from which the others can get benefit.

Ata-Allah Al-Iskandari (Hikam)
O My God! Make me, by Your providence (tadbir), worry about myself; save me, by choosing for me, to choose myself, and keep me in the feeling of the need where I am, to turn to You.

Koran 7, 199
Hold to forgiveness; command what is right; and turn away from the ignorant.

Al Sulami
The 'futuwah' is a requirement for sincerity towards oneself so that one is diverted from what occupies the other men. It was reported to me that Abu Bakr Al Tamastani said: The one who establishes a sincere relation towards God, is consequently diverted from things of this world.