Prophet Muhammad(s.a.a.s)

·         “The ink of the scholar is more holy than the blood of the martyr.”

·         “Do you love your creator Love your fellow-beings first.”

·         “The most excellent Jihad is that for the conquest of self.”

·         “This world is a prison for the Faithful, but a Paradise for unbelievers.”

·         "The acquisition of knowledge is a duty incumbent on every Muslim, male and female.”

·         “The rights of women are sacred. See that women are maintained in the rights assigned to them.”

·         “It is not a sixth or a tenth of a man's devotion which is acceptable to God, but only such portions thereof as he offereth with understanding and true devotional spirit.”

·         “Say what is true, although it may be bitter and displeasing to people.”

·         "Ye will not enter Paradise until ye have faith, and ye will not complete your faith until ye love one another.”

·         “Feed the hungry and visit a sick person, and free the captive, if he be unjustly confined. Assist any person oppressed, whether Muslim or non-Muslim.”

·         “A sincere repenter of faults is like him who hath committed none.”

·         “He is not a perfect performer of the duties of relationship who doeth good to his relatives as they do good to him. He is perfect who doeth good to his relatives when they do not do good to him.”

·         “God hath not created anything better than Reason, or anything more perfect, or more beautiful than Reason the benefits which God giveth are on its account and understanding is by it, and God's wrath is caused by disregard of it.”

·         “They will enter the Garden of Bliss who have a true, pure, and merciful heart.”

Reference:
http://www.famousquotes.com/author/prophet-muhammad/

Jalal-Uddin Rumi

“Let the beauty of what you love be what you do.”

“Don't grieve. Anything you lose comes round in another form.”

“Everyone has been made for some particular work, and the desire for that work has been put in every heart.”

“Only from the heart Can you touch the sky."

“The middle path is the way to wisdom.”

“The only lasting beauty is the beauty of the heart.”

“The intelligent want self-control; children want candy.”


Reference:
http://www.yuni.com/quotes/rumi.html

Druze Quotes

    Epistles of Wisdom(Sacred books for Druzes)

     In the book “The Druze faith” by Sami Nassib Makarim shows parts of the Epistles    of Wisdom 

   “Protect yourselves from ignorance with the help of the knowledge of the unity of our Lord..”  Hamza ibn Ali

  “I enjoin you to safeguard your fellow men. In safeguarding them your faith reaches perfection” Hamza ibn Ali

 “O you who are distracted, how can he who is devoid of his corporeal means obtain knowledge?

  "O you who are heedless, how can he who abandoned his sensual faculty reach ignorance?
And O you who are perplexed, how can the souls exist by themselves?
And how can they settle in their origin, and yet have a life and procure their pleasures?” Baha'uddin

Saint Stephen Quotes:

·         We cannot both preach and administer financial matters.

·         You desire that which exceeds my humble powers, but I trust in the compassion and mercy of the All-powerful God.

Reference:

http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/s/saint_stephen.html

Jesus Quotes

·         A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another.

·         All the commandments: You shall not commit adultery, you shall not kill, you shall not steal, you shall not covet, and so on, are summed up in this single command: You must love your neighbor as yourself.

·         Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears by voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and eat with him, and he with me.

·         For what shall it profit a man, if he gain the whole world, and suffer the loss of his soul?

·         I tell you the truth, it is hard for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven. Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven.

·         If you want to be perfect, go, sell your possessions and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven.

·         It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.

·         Let the one among you who is without sin be the first to cast a stone.

Reference:

http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/j/jesus_christ.html

Saint Augustine Quotes

·         Beauty is indeed a good gift of God; but that the good may not think it a great good, God dispenses it even to the wicked.

·         By faithfulness we are collected and wound up into unity within ourselves, whereas we had been scattered abroad in multiplicity.

·         I have read in Plato and Cicero sayings that are wise and very beautiful; but I have never read in either of them: Come unto me all ye that labor and are heavy laden.

·         Charity is no substitute for justice withheld.

·         Complete abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.

·         Do you wish to rise? Begin by descending. You plan a tower that will pierce the clouds? Lay first the foundation of humility.

·         Faith is to believe what you do not see; the reward of this faith is to see what you believe.

·         Find out how much God has given you and from it take what you need; the remainder is needed by others.

·         God loves each of us as if there were only one of us.

·         If we did not have rational souls, we would not be able to believe.

·         It is not the punishment but the cause that makes the martyr.

·         Love, and do what you like.

·         Miracles are not contrary to nature, but only contrary to what we know about nature.

          Lord, help me to be pure, but not yet.

References:
http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/s/saint_augustine.html
http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/s/saint_augustine_2.html 

Imam Ali Quotes

·              People often hate those things which they do not know or cannot understand. 

·              It is wiser to abstain then to repent. 

·              There is enough light for one who wants to see. 

·             Death is near and our mutual company is short. 

·            Poverty is the worst form of death. 

·             One, who adopts patience, will never be deprived of success though it may take a long time to reach him. 

·         Everyone, who is born, has to die and once dead he is as good as having not come into existence. 

·         One who imagines himself to be all-knowing will surely suffer on account of his ignorance. 

·         A man hypocritically started praising Imam Ali, though he had no faith in him and Imam Ali hearing these praises from him said “I am less than what you tell about me but more than what you think about me”. 

·         Knowledge and wisdom are really the privilege of a faithful Muslim. If you have lost them, get them back even though you may have to get them from the apostates.
·         People in this world are like travelers whose journey is going on though they are asleep.

·         The sin which makes you sad and repentant is more liked by Allah than the good deed which turns you arrogant. 

·         Recommended prayers cannot attain the pleasures of Allah for you when obligatory prayers are left unattended. 

·         A fool’s mind is at the mercy of his tongue and a wise man’s tongue is under the control of his mind. 

·         Be generous but not extravagant, be frugal but not miserly. 

·         Submission to Allah’s Will is the best companion; wisdom is the noblest heritage; theoretical and practical knowledge are the best signs of distinction; deep thinking will present the clearest picture of every problem. 

·         Man is a wonderful creature; he sees through the layers of fat (eyes), hears through a bone (ears) and speaks through a lump of flesh (tongue).

   Reference:
   http://www.shiacrescent.com/2008/08/17/nahjul-balagha-quotes-of-imam-ali-as/