Abu Hamid al-Ghazālī

“ It is only by remembering Allah that the human hearts enjoy peace; life of rest and peace in Allah is good; a life of pain in patience is still better, but to have peace in a life of pain is best of all. He whose heart is dead does not develop intimacy with Allah: "Surely, in this there is a Reminder for he who has a heart or listens attentively while witnessing." Koran, Chapter 50 verse 37.
Not everyone knows the mysterious secrets of the human mind, nor can he properly differentiate between food and poison. There is a mystery about spiritual realities which will always remain unexplored. ”

“ I have the highest respect of this man's moral and intellectual character, and as he is too poor to provide his family with the bare necessities of life, I earnestly wish it were possible to procure a pension for him. ”

“ That such introversion is not any easy thing, that it involves a habit of concentration and attention against which flesh and spirit alike rebel is known to all the mystics who have tried to reach it. ”

“ Any attempt at serious discussion of Tawhid, or the One Reality as opposed to many, is predisposed to failure; because it involves the impossible task of bringing together two attitudes which are not only diametrically opposed to each other, but have no common basis of discourse, and each of which resolutely closes the door upon anything like genuine inquiry and examination. ”

“ Whatever he says is so full of information, and character, and he is so good natured, kind and frank that I have never felt myself more interested in any man's company. He is one of the finest conversationalist of our time and has, without doubt, been visited by almost every celebrated conversationalist in Baghdad. ”

“ He is a respectable classical scholar and thoroughly conversant with Arabic and Persian, and is an ardent student of mysticism with ideas on the subject that have affected his whole attitude towards life. ”