Humbleness

To be humble is to accept the truth and submit to it even if you heard it from a child or someone who is uneducated or ignorant.

[Fudayl ibn Iyyad]

Words on the deathbed

When on his deathbed, Fudayl fainted, and when he regained consciousness, he opened his eyes and said:  “How far my journey is! Yet how little do I have in terms of provisions (i.e. good deeds)!”