Abu Hamid al-Ghazālī

“ If this world could be likened to a picture which is unstable and frail, and the next world could be compared to a pitcher which is unbreakable and durable, wise men would certainly prefer the latter to the former. ”

“ This world is a pitcher made of earth, while the next is a pitcher of gold. Wouldn't you condemn the folly in a man who holds the former to be superior to the latter. If you like a good life and fix your dearest hopes on Paradise, a day of your life would be worth sixty years spent by others in worship, and Allah would certainly open to you sources of happiness to which you are a stranger. ”

“ Forty years of my life have been spent in the various peaceful haunts of famous scholars and learned men under whom I studied until I was raised to such a rank that people began to know me and understand the change in my ideas. ”