Said Nursi
All true happiness, pure joy, sweet bounties, and unclouded pleasure are contained within the knowledge and love of God.Collection: Knowledge
I can live without bread, but I can't live without freedom.Collection: Freedom
The ever-renewed instances of beauty and fairness passing over the faces of the beings in the universe show that they are shadows of the manifestations of an Eternal Beauteous One.Collection: Beauty
Be certain of this: that the highest aim of creation and its most important result are belief in God. The most exalted rank in humanity and its highest degree are the knowledge of God contained within belief in God.Collection: Knowledge
The divine wisdom which requires a division of labor has sown different abilities and tendencies in human nature and has enabled human beings to carry out the duty of establishing sciences and developing technology. The fulfillment of this duty is obligatory upon humanity as a whole, though not on every individual.Collection: Technology
All true happiness, pure joy, sweet bounties, and untroubled pleasure lie in knowledge of God and love of God; they cannot exist without them.Collection: Happiness
Sin penetrates to the heart, darkens and hardens it until it extinguishes the light of belief. Each sin has a path that leads to unbelief. Unless that sin is swiftly obliterated by seeking God's forgiveness, it grows from a worm into a snake that gnaws at the heart.Collection: Forgiveness
Creation's highest aim and most sublime result is belief in God. The most exalted rank of humanity is knowledge of God.Collection: Knowledge
The beauty of a finely worked object points to the beauty of the craftsmanship. The beauty of the craftsmanship points to the beauty of the name which was the source of the craftsmanship. The beauty of the name of the craftsman's art points to the beauty of the craftsman's attributes manifested in that art.Collection: Beauty
I am not free and independent; I am a traveler with duties.Collection: Independent
If you want an enemy, the soul (nafs) is sufficient. If you want advice, death is sufficient.Collection: Advice
The truth cannot be deceptive, and one who sees it cannot be deceived.Collection: Truth
Worry is itself an illness, since worry is an accusation against Divine Wisdom, a criticism of Divine Mercy.Collection: Divine Wisdom
Do what you do only for God's sake, start for God's sake, work for God's sake, and act within the sphere of God's good approval.Collection: Sake
The heart does not derive pure pleasure from what is impermanent.Collection: Heart
The mirror to the beautiful is beautiful.Collection: Beauty
Life is a manifestation of unity.Collection: Compassion
Can you not see the numerous designs made by God as signs, similitudes, or analogies of resurrection? He has placed them in every era, the alteration of day and night, even in the coming and going of clouds.Collection: Night
A thing's innate disposition does not lie.Collection: Truth
He causes huge bodies like sun to proclaim His Majesty through His Names the All-Gracious, Great, reciting: ' O Glorious One, O Great One, O Mighty One', while tiny animate creatures like flies and fish proclaim His Mercy, reciting: 'O Gracious One, O Compassionate One, O Generous OneCollection: Names