Sufyan bin Sa‘id Ath-Thawri سفيان الثوري · Chapters On Zuhd

"Surely, of the excellence of a person's Islam is that he leaves what does not concern him."

"The world is a prison for the believer and Paradise for the disbeliever."

"The hour shall not be established until time is constricted, and the year is like a month, a month is like the week, and the week is like the day, and the day is like the hour, and the hour is like the flare of the fire."

"Two wolves free among sheep are no more destructive to them than a man's desire for wealth and honor is to his religion."

"Whoever wants to be seen, Allah will show him, And whoever wants to be heard of, Allah will make him heard off." And he narrated that the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) said: "He who shows no mercy to the people, Allah shows him no mercy."

"Trials will not cease afflicting the believing man and the believing woman in their self, children, and wealth, until they meet Allah without having any sin."