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The mouth that you use to recite the name of the Lord, and know it as the name of the Exalted. If you falsely accuse someone with the same mouth, how will you attain salvation.

You may have recited the Holy Name many a time and not have brought any tears of love. It is as futile as plastering smoky fire with cow dung or playing music on a broken instrument.

By drinking nectar, poison is reduced and by drinking water, thirst is quenched. By having a meal, hunger is broken. In the same manner, by remembering the Lord all sins disappear.

The deserted village will rehabitate and the poor will become rich. However, there is one astonishing sight: Brother, nobody can come to life after dying.

Real pilgrimage takes place in the heart and in the heart is the abode of religion. Worship the Lord in the heart and in the heart is the salvation and spiritual vision.

The five causes of spiritual death are carnal desire,anger, greed, attracion of the world and pride.

When the sun rises, go about your worldly affairs, acting honestly. When the sun sets, devote yourselves to the worship of God.

Trust in God, But tie it your camel.

One who hears good and speaks evil will surely get into trouble.

Give the labourer his wage before his perspiration be dry.

Tonight, my purpose is really to listen and learn. And the Aga Khan, for instance, has dedicated much of his life to bridging differences between cultures and enhancing and preserving rich cultural legacies. Washington, D.C., March 15, 2000

Now that general liberty is given to all, the monopoly, or even the desire for the monopoly, of political power is both immoral and of no benefit. The just man does not even wish to possess privileges to the necessary exclusion of others.

In the path of the hereafter, one should not walk on foot but with the soul and the intellect, and for provisions, you must fill the tablecloth of your heart with obedience and knowledge.

Pardah, as now known, itself did not exist till long after the Prophet's death and is no part of Islam.

"Philosopher Abu Ali Sina [Avicenna] was an Ismaili"

No society that accepted fatalism and carried it to its logical conclusion could possibly succeed.

Volunteer Service to others is viewed as an integral and positive part of daily life, and never as a burdensome obligation or an elective activity

It would be the greatest of all misfortunes if we now mistook instruction for education and the mere power of passing examination for learning.

Confidence is the touchtone of commerce, whilst nothing is so easily frightened as capital.

A leader's function is to restrain any dangerous extremism and to enlighten the people as to what the good of the country requires and to instil in the minds of the public the influence and feelings of humanity and brotherhood.