Ibn Affan Quotes & Sayings

If anyone stumbles then he must repent. If anyone errs then he must repent. And no one must insist on (the path of) destruction. If anyone insists on tyranny then he is far away from the path — Uthman Ibn Affan

I respect humanity. That's my religion. I can't stand these religions that are really businesses. So much money everywhere that's going to buy a really nice house in heaven - or what? I don't get it. — Marjane Satrapi

I have always had a horror and detestation of poverty. — Taylor Caldwell

If our hearts were truly pure, we would never have our fill of the words of your Lord — Uthman Ibn Affan

Acquire wisdom from the story of those who have already passed. — Uthman Ibn Affan

Worrying about the dunya is a darkness in the heart, while worrying about akhirah is a light in the heart. — Uthman Ibn Affan

Do we ask what profit the little bird hopes for in singing? — Johannes Kepler

I value my friends. — David Hockney

About the twenty-third year of my age, I had many fresh and heavenly openings, in respect to the care and providence of the Almighty over his creatures in general, and over man as the most noble amongst those which are visible. — John Woolman

Power does not consist in striking with force or with frequency, but in striking true. — Honore De Balzac

Fifteen minutes later, a meeting was called.
"Okay, look." Deb's face was dead serious. "I know I just joined this project, and I don't want to offend anyone. But I'm going to be honest. I think you've been going about this all wrong."
"I'm offended," Dave told her flatly. — Sarah Dessen

Three worldly things have been made dear to me: feeding the hungry, clothing the naked and reading the Qur'an. — Uthman Ibn Affan

If the hearts are pure, they will never have enough from reciting Allah's words (the Qur'an). — Uthman Ibn Affan

Allah the Exalted loves him who forgoes worldly life, the Angels love him who rejects the vices, and the Muslims love him who gives up greediness in respect of the Muslims. — Uthman Ibn Affan

Enjoin what is good and forbid what is evil before the worst amongst you are given authority over you and then when even the best of you make dua against them, their duas will not be accepted. — Uthman Ibn Affan

He felt he was himself and did not want to be otherwise. He only wanted to be better than he had been before. — Leo Tolstoy

You are always under the influence of irrational reasoning. You persist in a state of deluded deliberation. You are terrible at explaining yourself to yourself, and you are unaware of the depth and breadth of your faults in this regard. You feel quite the opposite, actually. You maintain an unrealistic confidence in your own perceptions even after your limitations are revealed. — David McRaney

Live your life. It's an awful thing to miss someone who's still here. — Fredrik Backman

Had our hearts been pure, we would never tire with the Dhikr of Allaah. — Uthman Ibn Affan

No one conceals something in his heart, but Allah causes it to be seen on his face or in a slip of the tongue. — Uthman Ibn Affan

Absorption in worldly affairs breeds darkness in the heart, and absorption in the affairs of the next world enkindles light in the heart — Uthman Ibn Affan

It is sufficient for you that the one who envies you is distressed at the time of your joy. — Uthman Ibn Affan

The habit of disguising ideology as expertise has created a deficit of legitimacy. — Paul Krugman

The poet's other readers are the ancient poets, who look upon the freshly written pages from an incorruptible distance. Their poetic forms are permanent, and it is difficult to create new forms which can approach them. — Salvatore Quasimodo

Take note of the fact that I am a follower (of the religion) and not an innovator. — Uthman Ibn Affan