Hold fast to God

"In God, there is no sorrow or suffering or affliction. If you want to be free of all affliction and suffering, hold fast to God, and turn wholly to Him, and to no one else. Indeed, all your suffering comes from this: that you do not turn toward God and no one else."–Imam Al Ghazzali

Good and Bad Actions

Ibn `Abbas [may Allah be pleased with him] said:

“Indeed good actions are a light in the heart, a strengthening for the body, a glow on the face, a cause for extensive provisions and love in the hearts of the creation. Indeed bad actions are a darkness in the heart, a blackness on the face, a weakness for the body, a cause for decrease in provisions and hatred in the hearts of the creation.”[Imam Ibn al Qayyim Al-Jawziyyah RahimahuAllah]

Hardwork in Seeking Glory

"If you do not work hard and face difficulties along your way in seeking glory, you will never taste honor and relief when you attain victory." Ibn al Qayyim

You feel darkness because of the light

If you find darkness in your heart after you have sinned, know then that in your heart there is a light, because of this light you felt the darkness.-- Ibn Al Jawzi

A Wise Person's Conceren

If a person were wise, his concern over his own sins would distract him from seeing the faults of others.— Imam Shafi’ee

Iblees's Determination

If Iblees conquers the son Adam with one of the three [things] he says,
'I will not seek anything else from him.
(1) being fond of himself,
(2) deeming his deeds to be plentiful, and
(3) forgetfulness of his sins.'"

Fudayl ibn 'Iyad

The State of a Believer

"The believer speaks little, but does much. 

And the hypocrite talks a lot, but does little. 
The believer's speech is wisdom, 
his silence is contemplation, 
his gaze is pondering, 
his actions are righteous. 
So if this is your state, you shall perpetually be in worship" - Fudayl bin Iyyad

Allah's Decree Is Most Beneficial

“As I look back on my life, I realise that every time I thought I was being rejected from something good; I was actually being redirected to something better. You must convince your heart that whatever Allah has decreed is most appropriate and most beneficial to you.”__Imam Al-Ghazali

Distress The Body Not The Soul

"You may distress the body in order to relieve the soul, but do not distress the soul to relieve the body; relief and distress of the soul is greater and more lasting, while relief and distress of the body is shorter and easier." Ibn al Qayyim